Arctera System Recovery Disk recovery matrix
You can recover an operating system using a Arctera 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 Arctera System Recovery Disk.
Arctera recommends that you create a Arctera System Recovery Disk on Windows 10/2016/2019. If you 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 you create a Arctera 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 Arctera System Recovery Disk. Refer to following recoverability matrix.
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Table: Recoverability matrix for Arctera System Recovery Disk created using theTypicaloption
| Host operating system | Operating system that can be recovered (Yes/No) |
|---|---|
| - | Windows 2012 |
| Windows 11/2022/2025 | Yes |
| Windows 10/2016/2019 | Yes |
| Windows 2012 R2 | Yes |
| Windows 2012 | Yes |
Arctera recommends that you use Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022 to create a recovery disk using the Advanced option.
A recovery disk created using Windows ADK for Windows 10 cannot be used to recover the Windows 11/2022/2025 and later operating system. Refer to the following recoverability matrix.
Table: Recoverability matrix for Arctera System Recovery Disk created using Windows ADK
| Host operating system | ADK version used | Operating system that can be recovered (Yes/No) |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019, | - | Windows 2012 |
| Windows 11, Windows 2022/2025 | ||
| Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019, | Windows ADK for Windows Server 2022/ | Yes |
| Windows 11, Windows 2022/2025 | 2025 | |
| (Deployment Tool and Windows Preinstallation Environment) | ||
| Windows 2012, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 10/2016/2019, | Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 2004 (Recommended) | Yes |
| Windows 11, Windows 2022/2025 |