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6.3.4 Selecting a disk/partition to restore

The selected archive file can contain images of several partitions or even disks. Select which
disk/partition to restore.
During a single session, you can restore several partitions or disks, one by one, by selecting
one disk and setting its parameters first and then repeating these actions for every partition
or disk to be restored.

Disk and partition images contain a copy of track 0 along with the MBR (master boot record).
It appears in this window in a separate line. You can choose whether to restore MBR and
track 0 by selecting the corresponding box. Restore the MBR if it is critical to your system
booting.
When MBR restoration is chosen, there will be the "Restore disk signature" box in the bottom
left corner at the next step. Restoring disk signature may be desirable due to the following
reasons:
1) Seagate BlackArmor Backup creates scheduled tasks using the signature of the source
hard disk. If you restore the same disk signature, you don't need to re-create or edit the
tasks created previously.
2) Some installed applications use disk signature for licensing and other purposes.
3) If you use Windows Restore Points, they will be lost when the disk signature is not
restored.
4) In addition, restoring disk signature allows to restore VSS snapshots used by Windows
Vista's "Previous Versions" feature.
If the box is unselected, Seagate BlackArmor Backup generates a new disk signature for the
restored drive. This may be needed when you use an image backup not for disaster recovery
but for cloning your Windows Vista hard drive to another one. Trying to boot Windows after
cloning with both drives connected will result in a problem. During Windows booting its