User scenarios when a user starts the Create Recovery Disk Wizard
When a user starts the Create Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk Wizard, the wizard first internally checks whether Windows ADK is already installed on the system. Refer the table for a high-level sequence of events.
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Table: User scenarios when a user starts the Create Recovery Disk Wizard
| Windows server version | If Windows ADK is not installed | If Windows ADK is installed |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2008 SP2 | If Windows ADK is not installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk | If Windows ADK is installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk |
| Creation wizard downloads Windows ADK 8.1 from the Microsoft Web site. After Windows ADK 8.1 download and install, the wizard starts creating the SDR disk. | Creation wizard verifies if the Windows ADK version is 8.1. If ADK 8.1 is installed, the wizard informs the user that this is not the latest ADK version but the user can proceed with the SDR disk creation. | |
| If the Windows ADK version is below 8.1, the wizard displays a warning message to the user to download Windows ADK 8.1 from the Microsoft Web site, and then proceed with the SDR disk creation. Wizard does not support creating a new SDR disk using ADK 8.0. | ||
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | If Windows ADK is not installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk | If Windows ADK is installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk |
| Creation wizard downloads Windows ADK 10 from the Microsoft Web site. After Windows ADK 10 download and install, the wizard starts creating the SDR disk. | Creation wizard verifies if the Windows ADK version is 10. If ADK 10 is installed, the wizard informs the user that this is not the latest ADK version but the user can proceed with SDR disk creation. | |
| If the Windows ADK version is below 10, the wizard displays an informational message to the user to download Windows ADK 10 from the Microsoft Web site and then proceed with the SDR disk creation. Wizard does not support creating a new disk using ADK 8.0 or ADK 8.1. | ||
| Windows Server 2012 | Same as Windows 2008 R2 | Same as Windows 2008 R2 |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Same as Windows 2008 R2 | Same as |
| Windows 2008 R2 | ||
| Windows Server 2016 | Same as Windows 2008 R2 | Same as Windows 2008 R2 |
| Windows Server 2019 | If Windows ADK 1809 is not installed, the user must download and install Windows ADK 1809 manually. | If Windows ADK 1809 is installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk |
| When you install ADK 1809, the user must install the Windows ADK Insider and Windows Preinstallation Environment components. | Creation wizard detects the installed version of ADK and the wizard continues with the recovery disk creation process. | |
| After the components are installed, launch the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk | If Windows ADK 10 is installed, the Simplified Disaster Recovery Disk | |
| Creation wizard again. | Creation wizard detects that ADK 10.0 version is installed and the ADK update screen is displayed. The wizard informs the user that this is not the latest available version of ADK but the user can | |
| proceed with the SDR disk creation. Confirm that the user wants to continue using ADK 10. | ||
| If the user continues, it may not support all the features of Windows Server 2019. |