Frequently Asked Questions - Installation

To setup RESTORELIVE on a computer, the computer must meet the following minimum hardware requirements:

IBM PC or 100% compatible computer

Pentium 3 or higher processor

64MB of memory

256 color VGA or higher video

CD ROM or DVD ROM if setup from CD

Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 200 or Windows XP already installed.

1GB of free disk space (Not required, but strongly recommended)

 RESTORELIVE supports Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows XP operating systems.

 RESTORELIVE supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems.  However, NTFS file systemcompressionis not currently supported.

To setup or uninstall RESTORELIVE on Windows NT, Windows 2k or Windows XP, you need to log on to the computer as the Administrator or as a user with local Administrator permissions, and then perform the setup or uninstall. You must restart the computer after the setup or uninstall has completed. You must again log on as the Administrator or a user with local Administrator permissions for the setup or uninstall to complete successful.

No, you don't. But RESTORELIVE needs to write to the computer's MBR during setup. Some anti-virus software might have been set to scan for changes to MBR, it will prompt users to select YES or NO to the MBR change. Select YES to allow RESTORELIVE setup to write to MBR

When installing RESTORELIVE on a system that has an active antivirus program, you are prompted with a warning that a virus is attempting to infect your boot sector or master boot record (MBR). The setup process is interrupted. Because RESTORELIVE setup modifies the computer's MBR during setup, some antivirus programs mistake it for a boot sector virus. To avoid this, disable your antivirus software before installing RESTORELIVE, then re-enable it after the installation is completed or some anti virus software provides the option to go ahead modify the MBR. Select YES to continue