Step IV:       Post-restore driver injection

Note: This step is required only when restoring to dissimilar hardware.

If you are restoring to dissimilar hardware, or if a restored operating system fails to boot, you may need to inject drivers, so the operating system can communicate with the new hardware.

You must perform this procedure from within the Integrated Bare Metal Recovery Wizard. If you are continuing from Step 14 of the procedure To perform the integrated bare metal recovery to a physical destination, you see the Driver Injection button on the screen that you used to restore the critical volumes. If you have booted from the integrated bare metal ISO after your restored operating system failed to boot, you are returned to the first screen of the wizard, and you can click Driver Injection in this screen.

Note: If you have returned to the wizard after your restored operating system failed to boot, do not use the Load Driver button under Load WinPE Drivers. This loads drivers into WinPE for the restore. Because your operating system has already been restored, you must inject drivers into this restored operating system instead.

To inject drivers into a restored operating system

1        Click Driver Injection.

2        Click the Add Driver button near the bottom of the screen. You can now browse for drivers to inject.

3        When you locate the necessary driver, select it and click Done to add it to the window labeled List of drivers being injected. Repeat this step as needed to add all the necessary drivers.

4        To inject drivers, highlight the volume containing the operating system files in the window Client’s Offline Disk and Volume(s) Information. Then highlight a driver to add and click Inject. Repeat this step as needed to inject all the necessary drivers.

5        When the wizard notifies you that drivers have been successfully injected, click Reboot.

6        When the restored client reboots, you can restore data from the non-critical volumes that were not restored as part of the integrated BMR, as described in Completing the integrated bare metal recovery.

Note: If the restored client fails to reboot, you might need to add additional drivers.