Systems and methods for facilitating features of system recovery environments during restore operations

A system for facilitating features of system recovery environments during restore operations, the system comprising:

• a memory device that stores:
• an identification module that identifies an automated backup tool capable of backing up system state data of a computing system;
• a detection module that detects a backup operation performed on the computing system;
• a determination module that:
• determines, during the backup operation, that the computing system includes:
• a boot volume that supports an operating system of the computing system;
• at least one separate recovery volume that:
• includes a bootable recovery image capable of being executed by a system recovery environment;
• provides a user-selectable safe-mode option that enables the computing system to boot into a safe mode;
• has been assigned a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier (GUID);
• determines that the automated backup tool is not configured to back up the separate recovery volume as system state data;
• determines that the computing system has a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configuration;
• a director module that directs, in response to the determination module determining that the automated backup tool is not configured to back up the separate recovery volume as system state data and that the computing system has a BIOS configuration, the automated backup tool to back up the separate recovery volume by:
• adding a volume shadow copy component of the separate recovery volume to a backup document of the automated backup tool to be backed up as system state data;
• storing a component file path that leads to the separate recovery volume in a file list of the separate recovery volume to be backed up as system state data, the component file path including a combination of the 128-bit GUID assigned to the separate recovery volume and a file path to the bootable recovery image within the separate recovery volume;
• backing up the volume shadow copy component and the file list of the separate recovery volume as system state data due at least in part to the computing system having the BIOS configuration and the volume shadow copy component having been added to the backup document of the automated backup tool;
• providing the system state data that includes the volume shadow copy component and the file list of the separate recovery volume to a remote backup system during the backup operation to enable the system recovery environment to provide the user-selectable safe-mode option to a user of the computing system by way of the volume shadow copy component and the file list during a restore of the computing system;
• at least one physical processor configured to execute the identification module, the detection module, the determination module, and the director module.

A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• identify an automated backup tool capable of backing up system state data of a computing system;
• detect a backup operation performed on the computing system;
• determine, during the backup operation, that the computing system includes:
• a boot volume that supports an operating system of the computing system;
• at least one separate recovery volume that:
• includes a bootable recovery image capable of being executed by a system recovery environment;
• provides a user-selectable safe-mode option that enables the computing system to boot into a safe mode;
• has been assigned a 128-bit Globally Unique Identifier (GUID);
• determine that the automated backup tool is not configured to back up the separate recovery volume as system state data;
• determine that the computing system has a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) configuration;
• direct, in response to determining that the automated backup tool is not configured to back up the separate recovery volume as system state data and that the computing system has a BIOS configuration, the automated backup tool to back up the separate recovery volume by:
• adding a volume shadow copy component of the separate recovery volume to a backup document of the automated backup tool to be backed up as system state data;
• storing a component file path that leads to the separate recovery volume in a file list of the separate recovery volume to be backed up as system state data, the component file path including a combination of the 128-bit GUID assigned to the separate recovery volume and a file path to the bootable recovery image within the separate recovery volume;
• backing up the volume shadow copy component and the file list of the separate recovery volume as system state data due at least in part to the computing system having the BIOS configuration and the volume shadow copy component having been added to the backup document of the automated backup tool;
• providing the system state data that includes the volume shadow copy component and the file list of the separate recovery volume to a remote backup system during the backup operation to enable the system recovery environment to provide the user-selectable safe-mode option to a user of the computing system by way of the volume shadow copy component and the file list during a restore of the computing system.