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information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix C "Notices" on page 77. Fourth Edition (June 2011) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2011. LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE: If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration "GSA" contract, use - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 3
Recovery Boot manager control (BMGR32 58 BMGR CLEAN 61 Active Directory Support 62 Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 62 Group Policy settings 63 Appendix B. User tasks 75 Windows 7 75 Create rescue media 75 Rescue and Recovery user interface switching . . 75 © Copyright Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 4
Appendix C. Notices 77 Trademarks 78 ii Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 5
guide is to support Lenovo computers installed with the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery® program. The Rescue and Recovery program is an essential tool that enables users and administrators to restore backups, access files, diagnose problems, and make Ethernet connections if the Microsoft® Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 6
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on external USB storage devices, such as USB flash drives and USB hard disk drives. • The Rescue and Recovery program enables you to store the backup data of multiple computers on one storage device. The Rescue and Recovery program includes the option to switch to a simplified user interface with - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 8
the partition in the \SWSHARE folder in the Windows partition. - Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for software downloads or file transfer. • Troubleshoot - System information: Provides details about the computer and its hardware components. - Event log: Provides details of recent - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 9
that path it assumes it is an operating system. If the registry entries that require a Windows password are not present, then recovery console will allow a user to choose the operating system and then gain access to the entire hard drive without needing to enter a password. Installing the Rescue and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 10
install the Rescue and Recovery program, Lenovo-branded computers must meet or exceed the following requirements: • Operating system: Windows 7 • Microprocessor: supports the 64-bit architecture • Memory: 1 GB - In shared memory configurations, the BIOS setting for maximum shared memory must be set - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 11
Recovery\"" Note: If your version of Windows Installer is not current, setup.exe is configured to update the Windows source after making customizations, the user calls msiexec.exe from the command problems. The log file includes any actions performed by the Add/Remove Programs applet from Control - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 12
Predesktop Area. msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" PDA=0 Rescue and Recovery installation The following instructions are for the files that can be downloaded separately from the Individual language files for Large Enterprise download page. 1. The main installation executables for the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 13
Predesktop Area. If the current level is less than the minimum level, the Windows Installer will look for a .tvt file with a compatibility code (AA these criteria, the installation is halted. The Rescue and Recovery program supports the following languages: • Brazilian Portuguese • Danish • Dutch - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 14
program. This deployment guide takes PowerQuest and Ghost as examples. Note: If you plan to create an image, you must capture the Master Boot Record. The Master Boot Record is critical for the Rescue and Recovery environment to function correctly. Using PowerQuest Drive Image based tools with - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 15
Result Selects first hard disk drive. Creates the image program. /CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPLY.TXT Creates the PowerQuest script file. /MBR=1 Restores the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Creates the image file. Using WIM files, ImageX, and Windows 7 Windows 7 deployment is based - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 16
the Windows operating system partition (usually drive C) only. 5. Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on the screen to encrypt the chosen partition. After that, a recovery key is automatically created. 6. Save the recovery key to a USB storage device. Note: Keep the USB storage - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 17
2. When restoring a system that is using Windows 7 and BitLocker, a message will display, indicating that there was an error at shutdown. The message can be ignored and everything should operate normally. 3. For OEM or non-Lenovo standard preload systems, you need to suspend the encryption of the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 18
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full restore operation from your USB hard disk drive, make sure that you boot your system from this USB hard disk drive as well. Single file restore Single file restore prompts the user for the Backup Storage location, and then the user selects a backup. The Rescue and Recovery program will display - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 20
available from CD/DVD backup Recovery\Settings\User interface" on page 64. 2. From the Rescue and Recovery interface, click the Restore your system from a backup icon. The Restore your system screen is displayed. 3. On the Restore your system screen, select Rejuvenate your system. 4. Choose the drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 21
. The Base Software Administrator program utilizes the full factory recovery method and the custom factory recovery method. The full factory recovery method restores the factory contents of the hard drive that consists of components such as applications, device drivers, and the operating system - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 22
Name Organization Time zone Windows control file keyword FullName= OrgName= TimeZone= Description Sets the user name for the computer. Sets the organization the computer belongs to, such as a specific department or location. Sets the time zone for the computer. The Network settings table provides - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 23
for the Base Software Administrator program and is supported under WinPE and the Windows environment: TBSADMIN.EXE [/DEPLOY [/SILENT] [/BOOTSP=YES|NO] [/MANIFEST=""] [/PERSONALIZATION=""]] The following table provides the switches for the Base Software Administrator program. Table 11 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 24
Windows 7. You can download the accessory package from the Lenovo Support Web site at http://support.lenovo.com. Follow the steps to perform the correct Sysprep backup operation through Generalize option. Overview of Windows RE (Recovery Environment) installation process in Windows 7 Unlike Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 25
image in the base backup These instructions are for the files that can be downloaded separately for the Individual language files for large enterprise that you can download from the Lenovo Web site http://support.lenovo.com. To capture a Sysprep utility image in the base backup, do the following - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 26
Service" : Create Sysprep Base Backup to Local Hard Drive : Type the following command on one line cd "\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" rrcmd sysprepbackup location=l name="Sysprep Backup" If you want to use a password, add the syntax password=pass. 4. Run your specific Sysprep - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 27
Backup Service" :Create Sysprep Base Backup to Local Hard Drive : Type the following command on one line cd "\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" rrcmd sysprepbackup location=L name="Sysprep Base Backup" If you want to use a password, add the syntax password=pass. 6. Run your specific Sysprep - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 28
Persistence. • Is not a standard of the Microsoft User ID maintenance practices and recommendations. When restoring from a local hard drive, the current password will be used when Password Persistence is selected. When restoring from USB or the network, the password of the most recent backup will - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 29
environment and in the Predesktop Area. Using the Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment The Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment enables you to perform numerous types of backups. The following information instructs you on how to use backup files with the Rescue - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 30
files or folders that the user can choose to add to WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS recovery process initiated by the Rescue and Recovery program. This GUI exclude list is managed through the registry at: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\ExcludeList. 24 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 31
for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr Working with the Predesktop Area To customize parts of the Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area, use the rrutil.exe utility program to GET - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 32
, disable the Opera address bar, change Opera proxy settings, specify fixed download directory, add specific file extension to the downloadable files list or change behavior of files with specific extensions. Exclude Window user's favorites. Configure the Opera browser or disable the address bar - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 33
Get files from \RRbackups directories. • Display the disk space usage of \RRbackups directories dirlist.txt in a directory name supplied by the user, or to the root of drive c:\ if not path is given. 2. This 3. dirlist.txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* Get files from - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 34
supported in a temp folder on drive c:\. Based on location in preboot\startup, the user would place the file the Rescue and Recovery partition either virtual or without the drive letter. and Recovery being Recovery code Recovery program is not installed on the system, or 0 if the Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 35
the \RRbackups directories. Display the file size and > getlist.txt contents: Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must understand the \RRbackups virtual partition: 1. Place all the files in a temp folder on drive c:\, then based on location in the temp directory, files will be - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 36
display the Recovery environment, it also allows listing of files in the Rescue and Recovery utilize the GET and PUT function with the Rescue and Recovery environment. To use rrutil.exe, do the following: 1. Copy rrutil.exe to the root of the C drive switch options Command and switch drive Display - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 37
, as they are not processed by the Rescue and Recovery environment. The preceding instructions apply to any device driver that might be required to configure the computer. b. With the limitation of Windows PE, you might have to manually apply some configuration applications or settings as registry - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 38
for the Rescue and Recovery environment Note: To obtain, edit, and replace the pdaguien.ini file, see "Example: pdaguixx.ini" on page 31. Changing the main GUI fonts You can change the font of the main graphical user interface (GUI). The default settings might not display all characters correctly - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 39
. Define an application or command file to be started when the user clicks the button or text. Opera help for the Rescue and Recovery environment. Define a help topic to be launched using the Opera browser. Display a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct the GUI to - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 40
follow. The full title text is displayed when using display or hide the entry. The 0, then the a blank line is displayed. The value 1 displays the entry. Button00=[0-10], "title", the boot drive letter. Following the boot drive letter, you network drive Executable WIZRR.EXE WIZRR.EXE OPERA.EXE MAPDRV. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 41
and link to the Lenovo support site" Line09 = "*Troubleshoot problems using diagnostics" Line10 = "diagnose problems using diagnostics" Line11 = "Features may vary based on installation options. For additional information, click Introduction in the Rescue and Recovery menu." Line12 = "NOTICE - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 42
\Helps\en\C_ILA.htm To hide the Welcome window, change NoShowCk=0 to NoShowCk=1. To change the display fonts for the title and welcome text, edit configuration file. An user can make changes to the active configuration file, but loses changes made when the Rescue and Recovery program is restarted - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 43
be lost even with this change. E-mail The Rescue and Recovery program provides support for Web-based e-mail through the Opera browser. Opera provides and Recovery environment is started. You can exclude some or all of the Internet Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows users' favorites - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 44
enable display of the Save As window. The most straightforward method follows: 1. Get the C:\PREBOOT\OPERA\DEFAULTS\STANDARD_menu.ini file by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 26. 2. Locate the following string: ;;Item, 50761 38 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 45
two semicolons, and then save the file. When the Rescue and Recovery program is closed and reopened, a user is able to right-click a link and the "Save Target As" option is displayed. This results in display of the Save As window. Note: Straight links (not redirected links) work with the preceding - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 46
Restart the Rescue and Recovery workspace for the changes to be effective. Changing the behavior of files with specific extensions You can change the PLAIN=2,,,,TXT,| Note: A value of 2 instructs the browser to display the text in Opera. A value of 1 instructs the browser to save the target file in - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 47
the IP address that Windows PE uses to connect to a network. Syntax:IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax:StartNet = 26. Startup applications The Rescue and Recovery Windows PE environment has the ability to support a startup scripts, programs, or - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 48
: 1. Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-ADMIN the Predesktop Area: • Predesktop Area or Master password • User ID and password or passphrase • Backup password • No Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 49
backup service. • rr.log Logs all activities of the main Rescue and Recovery user interface. • Restore.log Logs restore operations like full restore Create Recovery Disc function has been separated from the Create Rescue Media application in the Windows 7 version of the Rescue and Recovery program, - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 50
Help information system by pressing F1 after launching the Rescue and Recovery 4.5 program. Note: If the rescue medium fails to start, the rescue device (CD drive, DVD drive, or USB hard disk drive) might not be set correctly in your BIOS startup sequence, or the UEFI/Legacy Boot option is not set - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 51
Backup" on page 50 • "Scenario 6 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive" on page 50 Scenario 1 - New rollouts This section describes installing the Rescue and Recovery program in a new rollout on Lenovo-branded computers. Preparing the hard disk drive The first step to consider when - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 52
Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc :: Take the base backup... service must be started c: cd "C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery" RRcmd.exe backup location=L name=Base level=0 :: Reboot the system C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR"/bmgr32.exe /R 46 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 53
as a service pack update to Windows. Before you install the service pack, control file for the Rescue and Recovery environment, which you can edit and then put back into the Rescue and Recovery user clicks the Open Browser button in the Rescue and Recovery environment. The Web page http://www.lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 54
to see the change pause c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Common\BMGR\bmgr32.exe /bw /r Create getlist.txt: \preboot\usrintfc\pdaguien.ini Scenario 2 - Installing with WIM files and Windows 7 Windows 7 deployment is based on disk imaging with ImageX. ImageX utilizes file based imaging with WIM files instead - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 55
Menu dropdown box. 11. Click OK on the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box. 12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit. 13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery. 14. Click Export. 15. Type the file name in the File Name field on the Export - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 56
backup on USB HDD" Note: user interface from PDA. 2. Click Restore your system. 3. Make sure to select Do not preserve windows passwords during the following restoring process. Scenario 6 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually create the Service Partition (SP) of S drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 57
system. 19. Restart the computer and log in to Windows. After you complete the above procedure, the service partition will be created and the Rescue and Recovery 4.5 program and PDA files will be copied to the S drive instead of the virtual service partition. Note: This section is for MBR systems - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 58
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IT administrators. These tools can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site at: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr Command line support The following sections provide command line support for the Rescue and Recovery program. AWizard.exe The Antidote wizard - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 60
or more of the following can be selected with the associated result: L For primary local hard drive U For USB hard drive S For second local hard drive N For network name=abc level=x Osfilter uuid & index C For CD/DVD Restore Where abc, is the name of the backup. Where x is a number from 0 (for - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 61
displays for the file you modified: R=. drive=c: destination="c:\RRBACKUPS" Note: You can check the size change of the single file restore operation in the user interface. How to restore a backup from specific system The Rescue and Recovery program now supports - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 62
StartTimeHigh=0x01C51F46 To run the CONVDATE utility, complete the following steps: 1. Extract the Rescue and Recovery Administration tools from: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr 2. Open a CMD window. 3. Type in Convdate. 4. Set the date and time in the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 63
Run with no output to the screen. • -section section1 sectiont2 ... user interface to map a network drive. The mapdrv.exe command can be found in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\MND directory. The mapping network drive interface supports the following parameters: Syntax: mapdrv [switches - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 64
instruction on how to use MapDrv: To Store network share information for a ThinkVantage Technology product This function stores the network display the network share information saved in the registry key: mapdrv /view /user /pwd Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 65
to 12. Display hard disk drive information (checks for 8 free sectors). Display hard disk drive information (checks for 16 free sectors). The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the service partition. The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the C:\PARTITION (dual boot Windows and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 66
the blue button on the keyboard to enter the Predesktop Area. /TOC tocvalue Set the BIOS TOC location (16 characters that IBM Flag Value from the data sector (1 if Lenovo-branded system, 0 if not) • Boot Config Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a service - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 67
service area. • Prior IBM MBR Index Used by Windows Installer. • Patch IN: OUT Input and output values from the patch code if used. • F11 Msg Message to display to user if proper BIOS calls not supported and Recovery installation failure, such as not being able to install the Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 68
PC DOS MBR Apply changes to drive. Use n=0 for the first drive. Yes to all Display Help Display Help Active Directory Support Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about users and resources is stored. The directory service allows access so you can manipulate - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 69
\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ HKCU\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\User defaults HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ HKCU\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\User defaults - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 70
number of Silent Retries to network share. Default: 3. user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Help menu in the main user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Backup Now menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. 64 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 71
Show, gray, or hide the Help menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Context Help menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Users Guide menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the About menu item - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 72
Recovery\Settings\User user Interface. Default: Show. Show or hide the Admin Backups from being restored through the user Show, gray, or hide the Lock Hard Disk item in the Schedule and Preferences the Maximum number of incremental backups allowed control item in the Schedule and Preferences dialog box - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 73
Network Full button on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Delete Backups option on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Backup Name option on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Show, gray, or hide the Factory Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 74
the Rescue and Recovery program: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery\ Settings\Backup\ BackupSPNetwork=1 Enable or disable Backup Network as a selected destination for backup. Default: Disabled. Notes: 1. If a service partition backup fails due to insufficient space, manually delete the failed - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 75
number for backups on the USB drive. Valid values: 1-100. Default: 1. Set the partition number for backups on the Second hard disk drive. Valid values: 1-100. Default creation of a Boot Disc when backing up to a CD/DVD or creating an archive to those media. Default: Enabled. Appendix A. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 76
interactive. Otherwise, all graphic user interfaces will pop up on the Windows service session, and they will not be focused to the user. This is the design of the Microsoft Windows operating system. PostBackup Post Command to run after a backup concludes. Include the full path to the file, if - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 77
: None. Show or hide the command that is run prior to a restore operation from the Rescue and Recovery workspace. Default: Show. Command to run following a restore operation from Windows. Include the full path to the file, if that path is not in the environment variable. Default: None. The parameter - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 78
The following table provides the policy settings for the mapping network drive function. Table 37. \mnd\Rescue and Recovery Policy Description UNC User UNC location for the mapped network drive (format \\server\share). Default: None. Use mapdrv.exe /view command to create an encrypted value - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 79
minute when scheduled backups should occur. Valid values: 0-59. Default: none. Pre Command to run prior to the scheduled backup task. Include the full path to the file. Default: none. PreParameters The parameters that passes the command that is run prior to the scheduled backup task. Default - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 80
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, and administrators can perform with the Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows 7 environment. Table 39. Windows 7 user tasks Tasks Create rescue media ISO. Limited user No Create bootable CD media. Yes Create USB hard disk drive bootable media. No Initiate backup. Yes Initialize restore - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 82
you will see the simplified user interface by default. By disabling the simplified user interface, you can have advanced user interface displayed each time the Rescue and Recovery program starts. You can disable interface switching so that a user will not be able to switch between the two interfaces - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 83
are not intended for use in implantation or other life support applications where malfunction may result in injury or death to persons. The information contained in this document does not affect or change Lenovo product specifications or warranties. Nothing in this document shall operate as an - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 84
countries, or both: Lenovo Rescue and Recovery ThinkVantage Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Windows, and Windows Vista are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 78 Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M50e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.5 Deployment Guide - Page 85
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