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Appendix B. User tasks, Windows 7, Create rescue media

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Appendix B. User tasks Windows 7 Users belonging to different user groups have different rights and abilities to perform various user tasks. The following table presents the tasks that the limited users, power users, and administrators can perform with the Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows 7 environment. Table 39. Windows 7 user tasks Tasks Limited user Power user Administrator Create rescue media ISO. No No Yes (with command lines provided below) Create bootable CD media. Yes Yes Yes Create USB hard disk drive No No Yes bootable media. Initiate backup. Yes Yes Yes Initialize restore operation in the Yes Yes Yes Rescue and Recovery environment (RRE). Perform single-file restore operation in the Rescue and Recovery environment. No (Windows) No (Windows) Yes Yes (Windows Yes (Windows Pre Boot Area) Pre Boot Area) Set options to be included or Yes Yes Yes excluded in the Rescue and Recovery interface. Backup to a network drive. Yes Yes Yes Schedule backups. Yes Yes Yes Carry over Predesktop Area login No No Yes ID Note: The last Windows administrator ID is the only ID that can automatically be carried over from Windows to the Predesktop Area. Windows limited users and power users will need to retype their user IDs and passwords to log on to the Predesktop Area. Create rescue media Administrators can use the following command lines to create the Rescue Media ISO. These command lines enable you to make the required ISO file and the file is automatically placed in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\ directory: :: This line will create the ISO silently and not burn it © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 83

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Appendix B. User tasks
Users belonging to different user groups have different rights and abilities to
perform various user tasks.
Windows 7
The following table presents the tasks that the limited users, power users, and
administrators can perform with the Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows
7 environment.
Table 39. Windows 7 user tasks
Tasks
Limited user
Power user
Administrator
Create rescue media ISO.
No
No
Yes (with
command lines
provided below)
Create bootable CD media.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create USB hard disk drive
bootable media.
No
No
Yes
Initiate backup.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Initialize restore operation in the
Rescue and Recovery environment
(RRE).
Yes
Yes
Yes
Perform single-file restore
operation in the Rescue and
Recovery environment.
No (Windows)
Yes (Windows
Pre Boot Area)
No (Windows)
Yes (Windows
Pre Boot Area)
Yes
Set options to be included or
excluded in the Rescue and
Recovery interface.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backup to a network drive.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Schedule backups.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Carry over Predesktop Area login
ID
Note:
The last Windows
administrator ID is the only ID that
can automatically be carried over
from Windows to the Predesktop
Area. Windows limited users and
power users will need to retype
their user IDs and passwords to
log on to the Predesktop Area.
No
No
Yes
Create rescue media
Administrators can use the following command lines to create the Rescue Media
ISO. These command lines enable you to make the required ISO file and the file is
automatically placed in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\
directory:
:: This line will create the ISO silently and not burn it
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