Working under bootable media

Operations on a machine booted with bootable media are very similar to backup and recovery under the operating system. The difference is as follows:

1. Under a Windows-style bootable media, a volume has the same drive letter as in Windows. Volumes that do not have drive letters in Windows (such as the System Reserved volume) are assigned free letters in order of their sequence on the disk.

   If the bootable media cannot detect Windows on the machine or detects more than one of them, all volumes, including those without drive letters, are assigned letters in order of their sequence on the disk. This way, the volume letters may differ from those seen in Windows. For example, the D: drive under the bootable media might correspond to the E: drive in Windows.

   Be careful! To be on the safe side, it is advisable to assign unique names to the volumes.

2. The Linux-style bootable media shows local disks and volumes as unmounted (sda1, sda2...).
3. Backups created using bootable media have simplified file names. Standard names are assigned to the backups only if these are added to an existing archive with standard file naming, or if the destination does not support simplified file names.
4. The Linux-style bootable media cannot write a backup to an NTFS-formatted volume. Switch to the Windows style if you need to do so.
5. You can switch the bootable media between the Windows style and the Linux style by selecting Tools > Change volume representation.
6. There is no Navigation tree in the media GUI. Use the Navigation menu item to navigate between views.
7. Tasks cannot be scheduled; in fact, tasks are not created at all. If you need to repeat the operation, configure it from scratch.
8. The log lifetime is limited to the current session. You can save the entire log or the filtered log entries to a file.
9. Centralized vaults are not displayed in the folder tree of the Archive window.

   To access a managed vault, type the following string in the Path field:

   bsp://node_address/vault_name/

   To access an unmanaged centralized vault, type the full path to the vault's folder.

   After entering access credentials, you will see a list of archives located in the vault.