Bare Metal Restore Support A Bare Metal Restore (BMR) is supported on the following platforms: Operating System To Same Hardware To Dissimilar Hardware Windows Server 2012 R2, Datacenter and Standard, 64‑bit Yes Yes Windows Server 2012, Datacenter and Standard, 64‑bit Yes Yes Windows 2008 R2, 64‑bit Yes Yes Windows 2008, 32‑bit and 64‑bit Yes Yes Windows 2003 R2, 32‑bit and 64‑bit Yes Yes