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MDOP 2010: Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset (DaRT)
Speaker Fabrizio Grossi
[email protected]@microsoft.com
MDOP 2010
Translating software inventoryinto business intelligence
Enhancing group policy throughchange management
Proactively managing application and operating system failures
Powerful tools to accelerate desktop repair
Dynamically streaming software as a centrally managed service
Simplifying deployment and management of Virtual PCs
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT)
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT) helps diagnose and repair a system (trouble starting or other issues)Start the system using the Emergency Repair Disk (or Boot CD for MSDaRT),
ERD Commander - graphical environment and a command-line console
You can access any file system, which includes FAT, FAT32, and NTFS.
ERD Commander Overview
ERD Commander provides a visual interface to access troubleshooting tools from a recovery boot disk
• In DaRT 5.0, the interface looks like a typical start menu
• In DaRT 6.0, the interface is part of the Windows recovery environment
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT): VersionsMSDaRT 6.5
Windows 7 (x86 and x64 architectures) Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86 and x64 architectures) 1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1GB of system memory
MSDaRT 6.0Windows Vista (x86 and x64 architectures) Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64 architectures) 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
512 MB of system memory
MSDaRT 5.0Windows(R) 2000 (x86)Windows XP (x86) Windows Server 2003 (x86)
How to Create a Boot CD for ERD Commander
To create a bootable ISO image, use the ERD Commander Boot Media Wizard:
• Create a bootable ISO image that can be burned to a CD• Make sure to include network and storage drivers
Three Main Categories of Tools Included with ERD Commander
1. Administrative Tools category
2. Networking Tools category
3. System Tools category
Features of Administrative Tools
• Administrative Tools provides a set of tools to assist with common administrative tasks
Administrative Tools Features:
•Autoruns for Windows•Disk Management•Event Viewer•Registry Editor•Services and Drivers•System Information
Features of the Networking Tools Category
Provides a set of tools to interact with network resources
Networking Tools Category Features:
•File Share•Map Network Drive•TCP/IP Configuration
Features of the Systems Tools Category
• Provides tools and Wizards to accomplish and troubleshoot problems related to the local system
•Crash Analyzer (From ERD)•Disk Commander•Disk Wipe•File Restore•HotFix Uninstall•Locksmith•System File Repair•System Restore
Network Tools category features:
Crash Analyzer Wizard Overview
• Runs from the ERD disk, allowing administrators to perform tasks in an offline environment• Useful when unable to boot a computer to analyze the generated .dmp file
Crash Analyzer Wizard Overview
Computer with a critical error
Crash Analyzer Wizard creates a dump file:Mini101207-01.dmp
The Crash Analyzer Wizard analyzes the dump file and generates a report
System File Repair Wizard Overview
• Repairs System Files with a repair wizard• Searches for corrupted system files that will cause system instability, and replaces them with original files
System Restore Overview
• Provides a way for administrators to restore a Windows restore point on a target computer
Differences Between DaRT 5.0 and DaRT 6.0
New Features In DaRT 6.0How Windows Recovery Environment Integrates with DaRT
6.0Removed Features from DaRT 6.0
New Features in DaRT 6.0Feature Description Benefit
Anti-malware (Standalone System Sweeper)
• Spyware, virus, and malware removal software for both Windows XP and Windows Vista
• Removes viruses and spyware while system is offline
New operating system support
• Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 support 64-bit support for Vista localized in eight languages
• DaRT in new Microsoft client and Server environments
• Supports 64-bit operating systems
BitLocker unlock
• Unlocks BitLocker volume, and enables end user to run DaRT tools on the drive
• Can use DaRT tools on encrypted drives
Read from USB drives
• Can pull files from a USB drive
• Easy file transfers from one machine to another
How Windows Recovery Environment Integrates with DaRT 6.0
Feature Description Benefit
Windows complete computer restore
• Native Windows restore tool
• Leverage new backup systems
Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool
• Built-in memory testing tool• Administrators isolate
bad RAM as a possible cause to system instability
BitLocker unlock• Unlocks BitLocker
volume (requires key)• Allows administrators to
access encrypted volumes
System boot file repair
• Native Windows RE boot file repair tool
• First line system repair tool can quickly repair most boot file-related problems
Removed Features from DaRT 6.0
Feature Description Benefit
File sharing• Shares the local ERD
commander instance• Security issues
File restore on live system
• Same as file restore in DaRT, except using on the live host system instead of offline system
• Consolidate tools to the ERD environment
Overall ERD help
• Help for DaRT overall is removed, and replaced with help for each individual tool
Start menu and taskbar
• Start menu and taskbar are not part of DaRT 6.0
• DaRT 6.0 runs on Windows RE, and shares the same UI
• Easier access to the help you are looking for
© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.This presentation is for informational purposes only.MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY.
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