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Image creation Table 6. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR / CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT /MBI=1 / IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Script language SELECT DRIVE 1 X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR Result Selects the first hard disk drive. Creates the image program. /CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT PowerQuest script file. /MBI=1 Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Creates the image file. Image deployment Table 7. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR / CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPLY.TXT /MBI=1 / IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Script language SELECT DRIVE 1 X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR 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 on disk imaging using ImageX. ImageX utilizes file-based imaging with WIM files instead of sector-based image formats. Considering this formatting development, use the scenario in "Scenario 5 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin Backup" on page 50 when installing and deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7. Using Symantec Ghost-based tools with Rescue and Recovery When you create the Ghost image, you must use the command line switch -ib to capture the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. Also, the image must capture the whole disk and all partitions. Refer to the documentation provided by Symantec for specific details on Ghost. Rescue and Recovery environmental variables The following table contains environmental variables that are created when the Rescue and Recovery program is installed. These variables can be used when creating scripts or when changing to a desired directory from a command prompt. For example, to change the c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery directory from a command prompt, type CD %rr% and press Enter. Table 8. Rescue and Recovery environmental variables Environmental variable Directory %rr% c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery %SWSHARE% c:\SWSHARE %TVT% c:\Program Files\Lenovo %TVTCOMMON% c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo Note: For a complete list of variables, run the set command on a computer that has the Rescue and Recovery program installed. Chapter 2. Installation 9

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Image creation
Table 6. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR / CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT /MBI=1 / IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI
Script language
Result
6(/(&7 '5,9( µ
Selects the first hard disk drive.
;´?34?34,0*&75
Creates the image program.
±&0'°;´?34?5586$9(²7;7
PowerQuest script file.
±0%,°µ
Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager.
±,0*°;´?,0$*(²34,
Creates the image file.
Image deployment
Table 7. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR / CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPLY.TXT /MBI=1 / IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI
Script language
Result
6(/(&7 '5,9( µ
Selects first hard disk drive.
;´?34?34,0*&75
Creates the image program.
±&0'°;´?34?55'(3/<²7;7
Creates the PowerQuest script file.
±0%5°µ
Restores the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager.
±,0*°;´?,0$*(²34,
Creates the image file.
Using WIM files, ImageX, and Windows 7
Windows 7 deployment is based on disk imaging using ImageX. ImageX utilizes file-based imaging with WIM
files instead of sector-based image formats. Considering this formatting development, use the scenario
in “Scenario 5 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin Backup” on page 50 when installing and
deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7.
Using Symantec Ghost-based tools with Rescue and Recovery
When you create the Ghost image, you must use the command line switch
»LE
to capture the Rescue and
Recovery Boot Manager. Also, the image must capture the whole disk and all partitions. Refer to the
documentation provided by Symantec for specific details on Ghost.
Rescue and Recovery environmental variables
The following table contains environmental variables that are created when the Rescue and Recovery
program is installed. These variables can be used when creating scripts or when changing to a desired
directory from a command prompt. For example, to change the c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and
Recovery directory from a command prompt, type
&' ·UU·
and press Enter.
Table 8. Rescue and Recovery environmental variables
Environmental variable
Directory
%rr%
c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery
%SWSHARE%
c:\SWSHARE
%TVT%
c:\Program Files\Lenovo
%TVTCOMMON%
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo
Note:
For a complete list of variables, run the set command on a computer that has the Rescue and
Recovery program installed.
Chapter 2
.
Installation
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