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# DaRT 7.0 Supported Configurations


Your environment may already meet the configuration requirements provided here so that you can install and run Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 7. These include the following recovery image and disk space requirements.

## DaRT 7 Recovery Image Requirements


No cross-platform recovery image creation is supported. The following table specifies the kind of recovery image that you should create and deploy in your enterprise:

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<th align="left">Platform and DaRT Version</th>
<th align="left">Recovery Image Requirements</th>
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<td align="left"><p>64-Bit DaRT 7.0</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Create and use a 64-Bit DaRT recovery image.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td align="left"><p>32-Bit DaRT 7.0</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Create and use a 32-Bit DaRT recovery image.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

 

## DaRT 7 End-user Computer Requirements


The **Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset** window in DaRT requires that the destination computer use one of the following operating systems together with the specified amount of system memory available for DaRT:

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<th align="left">Operating System</th>
<th align="left">System Requirements for DaRT</th>
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<td align="left"><p>Windows 7 64-Bit (2GB)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>2.5GB of system memory</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td align="left"><p>Windows 7 32-Bit (1GB)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>1.5GB of system memory</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td align="left"><p>Windows Server 2008 R2 (512MB)</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>1GB of system memory</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

 

DaRT also has the following minimal hardware requirements:

-   A CD or DVD drive or a USB port

    This is required if you are deploying DaRT in your enterprise by using a CD, DVD, or USB.

-   BIOS support for starting the computer from a CD or DVD, a USB flash drive, or from a remote or recovery partition

## Related topics


[Planning to Deploy DaRT 7.0](planning-to-deploy-dart-70.md)