Veritas System Recovery Disk recovery matrix
You can recover an operating system using a Veritas System Recovery Disk that is created with the Typical or Advanced creation options. The following table provides a list of operating systems that can be recovered using the Veritas System Recovery Disk.
Veritas recommends that you create a Veritas System Recovery Disk on Windows 10/2016/2019. If u do not have a Windows 10/2016/2019 operating system, you can create the recovery disk on the most latest operating system that you have in your environment. If u create a Veritas System Recovery Disk on an older operating system, you can only recover the operating system on which you created the recovery disk or older operating system. The host operating system is the operating system on which you create the Veritas System Recovery Disk. Refer to following recoverability matrix.
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Table: Recoverability matrix for Veritas System Recovery Disk created using theTypicaloption
| Host operating system | Operating system that can be recovered (Yes/No) |
|---|---|
| - | Windows 2008 SP2 |
| Windows 10/2016/2019 | Yes |
| Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Yes |
| Windows 8/2012 | Yes |
| Windows 7/2008 R2 | Yes |
Veritas recommends that you use Windows ADK 10, version 1903 to create a recovery disk using the Advanced option.
A recovery disk created using Windows ADK for Windows 8.0 cannot be used to recover the Windows 8.1/2012 R2 and later operating system. Refer to the following recoverability matrix.
Table: Recoverability matrix for Veritas System Recovery Disk created using Windows ADK
| Host operating system | ADK version used | Operating system that can be recovered (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 2008 SP2, Windows 7/2008 R2, Windows 8/2012, Windows 8.1/2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019 | - | Windows 2008 SP2 |
| Windows 2008 SP2, Windows 7/2008 R2, Windows 8/2012, Windows 8.1/2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019 | Windows ADK 10 (Deployment Tool and Windows Preinstallation Environment), version 1903 | Yes |
| Windows 2008 SP2, Windows 7/2008 R2, Windows 8/2012, Windows 8.1/2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019 | Windows ADK for Windows 10 (Recommended) | Yes |
| Windows 2008 SP2, Windows 7/2008 R2, Windows 8/2012, Windows 8.1/2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019 | Windows ADK for Windows 8.1 Update | Yes |
| Windows 2008 SP2, Windows 7/2008 R2, Windows 8/2012, Windows 8.1/2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019 | Windows ADK for Windows 8.0 | Yes |