• If you will be replacing hardware components of the E-25C, it is best to complete the replacements before using the Fiery Clone Tool.
  • The Fiery Clone Tool cannot restore an image to a smaller capacity replacement HDD.
  • If the USB flash drive used for the restoration process is different from the one used to create the backup or has been reformatted or have been deleted or transferred of then files, recreate a bootable USB flash drive installed with the Fiery Clone Tool. Then drag and drop the entire folding containing the clone image file to the USB flash drive.

  1. On a Windows PC, verify that the USB flash drive has the correct clone image file.
    • Insert the USB flash drive to a USB port on the Windows PC.
    • From Windows Explorer, open the USB flash drive and verify the clone image file.

    • When restoring the E-25C with a USB flash drive that contains multiple clone image files, the Fiery Clone Tool selects the most recently created file. To restore with an older file, make sure to remove the newer file(s) from the USB flash drive in advance.
    • If the USB flash drive contains clone image file(s) created on a different E-25C unit, the Fiery Clone Tool selects the most recently created file among all files regardless of the unit. The Fiery Clone Tool does not distinguish the units on which the clone images were created. To prevent restoration with the wrong file, make sure the USB flash drive contains clone images created on the same unit.

  2. Remove the USB flash drive in a safe way from the PC.

    • Do not leave the USB flash drive connected to the Windows PC. If the Windows PC starts up or reboots with the USB flash drive connected, system corruption may occur.

  3. Insert the USB flash drive to a USB port on the E-25C.
  4. Set the service switches as show below. ("1". ON, "2": OFF).
  5. Power on the E-25C.
  6. Allow the E-25C to boot from the USB flash drive to start Fiery Clone Tool.
  7. Wait until the diagnostic LEDs on the rear panel of the E-25C flash "AA" then "00" repeatedly to indicate ready status.
  8. Set the service switches as show below ("1": OFF, "2": OFF).

    • The diagnostic LEDs display "C0" to indicate that the Fiery Server is ready to be restored.
    • After setting the service switch positions, you have 10 seconds to revert to ready status (service switch back to "1": ON, "2": OFF) before Fiery Clone Tool begins restoring from the image file.
  9. Wait for the Fiery Clone Tool to format the HDD and restores the image file.
    • The diagnostic LEDs circulate "C1, C2, C3" to indicate the format and restore procedure is in progress.
    • When the restore process is complete, the diagnostic LEDs flashes "CC", then "00" in one second intervals and repeats to indicate completion status.
    • If an error occurs during the restore process, the diagnostic LEDs flashes "EE", then the error code in half-second intervals. [Link to LED Error Codes Related To the Fiery Clone Tools / Fiery System Restore]
  10. Remove the USB flash drive from the USB port.
  11. Press and release the power switch on the front panel of E-25C.
    E-25C will automatically move to the shutdown procedure.
  12. When the E-25C power is down (that is when the diagnostic LEDs are off), turn the main power switch of the E-25C to OFF.
  13. Reboot the E-25C.
  14. Optional: After restoring the E-25C, run System Updates to ensure the latest E-25C software version is installed.
  15. Optional: If a backup of the configuration settings is available, restore the configuration settings as described in this document [Link to Restoring Backup Files]
    This can be useful if the configuration backup is more current than the system image backup (for example, when restored to the factory default) or if the configuration backup includes the job log and VDP/FreeForm Resources.