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title: "Step 1. Launch Terminal"
description: "When the machine boots from Veeam Recovery Media, Veeam Agent automatically launches the Veeam Recovery Media menu. To activate the terminal dialog, from the main menu of Veeam Recovery Media, select Exit to shell."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforaix/userguide/baremetal_exit_to_shell.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Restore > Performing Bare Metal Recovery > Restoring Data in Command Line Interface > Step 1. Launch Terminal"
dateModified: "2026-11-03"
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# Step 1. Launch Terminal

When the machine boots from Veeam Recovery Media, Veeam Agent automatically launches the Veeam Recovery Media menu.

To activate the terminal dialog, from the main menu of Veeam Recovery Media, select **Exit to shell**.

![](images/baremetal_file_restore_shell.png)

::: note

After you exit the Veeam Recovery Media menu, you can return to it any time by running the `veeam` or `veeamconfig recoveryui` command in the terminal.

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