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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
- Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 3
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 4
Third Edition (October 2009) © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009. LENOVO products, data, computer software, and services have been developed exclusively at private expense and are sold to governmental entities as commercial items as defined by 48 C.F.R. 2.101 with limited and restricted - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 5
the Service Partition of S drive 58 Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 61 Command line support 61 Mailman 61 AWizard.exe 61 SETPASSWORD 61 RELOADSCHED 61 RRCMD command-line interface 61 CLEANDRV.EXE 64 CONVDATE 64 CREATSP 64 InvAgent 65 MapDrv 66 Rescue and Recovery Boot manager - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 6
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Preface Information presented in this 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
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Rescue and Recovery Windows environment enables you to back up the operating system and files and restore the operating system and files in familiar interfaces. v The Rescue and Recovery program enables you to store backup files on external USB storage devices, such as USB flash drives and USB hard - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
to the partition in the \SWSHARE folder in the Windows partition. - Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for software downloads or file transfer. v Troubleshoot - Diagnostic overview: Links to the Rescue and Recovery program diagnostics help topics. - Diagnose hardware: Opens the PC - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 11
For more information, see "Rejuvenation" on page 16. Hints and Tips For hints and tips on using the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Rescue and Recovery v4.3 Considerations document located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support Chapter 1. Overview 3 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 12
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the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Installation considerations The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces. The primary - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
disk space. The base install uses 930 MB. Minimum system memory requirements: 256 MB system RAM to install the Rescue and Recovery program. Hard disk drive configuration: The Rescue and Recovery program is not supported on the factory pre-loads for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) computers - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 15
): Non-Lenovo computer and devices (USB hard disk drive, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW/RAM, or DVD+R/RW) must fully support one or more of the following specifications: v ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification v BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services - 2 v Compaq Phoenix Intel® BIOS Boot Specification v El - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
Rescue and Recovery\"" Note: If your version of Windows Installer is not current, setup.exe is configured to update the Windows Installer engine to version 3.0. This update will cause that can be used to debug installation problems. The log file includes any 8 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer Recovery.msi" msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn REBOOT="R" msiexec /x "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn msiexec /i "C:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery.msi" PDA=0 Rescue and Recovery installation The following instructions - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
Recovery upgraded or if the property PDA=0 is set on the command line when executing the installation and the Predesktop Area (any version) does not already exist. The Windows Windows updating the Predesktop Area. If the current level is less than the minimum level, the Windows Recovery program supports - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 19
image that includes the Rescue and Recovery 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. Chapter - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
SELECT DRIVE 1 Selects first hard disk drive. X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR 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. 12 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
be at least 2 GB in size. If you do not use the BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool to prepare the BitLocker partition, you must have two partitions on your system when installing Windows 7. One partition should be 2 GB and marked as active; this is where the boot files reside. The other is where - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 22
: It is recommended to encrypt 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
and Recovery program do not support a full restore operation if you boot your system from another external media. For example, if you perform a full restore operation from your USB hard disk drive, make sure that you boot your system from this USB hard disk drive as well. © Copyright Lenovo 2008 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
from a backup icon. The Restore your system screen is displayed. 2. On the Restore your system screen, select Rejuvenate your system. 3. Choose the drive and backup that you want to use to rejuvenate your system by completing the following procedure: 16 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 25
all files on the local drive, and then restores the recovery method through the Rescue and Recovery program and the Lenovo Base Software Selector programs. By performing a custom recovery, users have the option of including and excluding individual components such as applications, device drivers - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
systems. 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
on to his or her system. Command line interface: The following executable supports a command line interface for the Base Software Administrator program and is supported under WinPE and the Windows environment: TBSADMIN.EXE [/DEPLOY [/SILENT] [/BOOTSP=YES|NO] [/MANIFEST=""] [/PERSONALIZATION - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
.TAG file in service partition Error setting service partition active Backups The following sections provide customization information for Rescue and Recovery backups. Scheduling backups and associated tasks The scheduler is not designed to be specific to the Rescue and Recovery program; however - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
Windows 7. You can download the accessory package from the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK, and follow the steps to perform the correct Sysprep backup operation through Generalize option. Overview of Windows RE (Recovery Environment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 30
a Sysprep utility 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://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK To capture - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 31
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 Backup" If you want to use a password, add the syntax password=pass. 4. Run your specific Sysprep - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 32
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 M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 33
Supported Sysprep multiple drive configurations Windows PE drive enumeration may be different than the Windows main operating system enumeration files restored by the Rescue and Recovery program, all other files will retain their original date and time. Battery power settings for backups With the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
on Active Directory configurations for the Rescue and Recovery program using Group Policy, see the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 35
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList v One line per include/exclude rule entry. v If more peldr I=?:\bootlog.prv I=?:\bootlog.txt I=?:\bootsect.dos I=?:\WINNT\* I=?:\WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS\prefetch\* I=?:\minint\* I=?:\preboot\* I=?:\Application Data\* I=?:\Documents and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 36
SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\ExcludeList. OSAppsList: The Rescue and Recovery SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery Windows options recovery process and logs onto Windows. The file received from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble Recovery program aids in problem Recovery Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
XML/ADM Supplement for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Working with the Predesktop Area To customize parts of the Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area, use the rrutil.exe - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
Administrator Tools Web page located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr The RRUTIL program works with the Rescue and Recovery filter driver on virtual partitions, and mounts type 0x07 partitions as a drive in order gain access. The opening of these - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
12/16/03 00:00:00 AM 12/16/03 00:00:00 AM 04/06/00 00:00:00 AM 09/17/03 00:00:00 AM 165 53786 222 222 655 14320 BOOT \system32\drivers*.sys Update (add/replace) files in \preboot, \minint, or root of the PE partition either virtual or type 0x07: 1. Place all the files in a temp folder on drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
be included without the drive letter. The new Recovery program is installed. Type echo %errorlevel% to see the results of the command. Backup directory list RRUTIL /bl List all of the contents of the \RRbackups directories. Display the file size 11/04 09:12:07 AM Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
environment before attempting modifications. Put files in the \RRBackups directories RRUTIL /bp Update (add/replace) files in \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 copied into the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
Recovery environment, it also allows listing of files in the Rescue and Recovery Recovery environment. To use rrutil.exe, do the following: 1. Copy rrutil.exe to the root of the C drive root of the C drive or root of temp Add or replace files in the -bp c:\temp Update or replace files in RRBACKUPS - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 43
Chinese Getting the file pdaguien.ini from the Rescue and Recovery environment 1. Create getlist.txt file with the following drivers (such as ethernet) to the Predesktop Area The following example provides instruction on adding device drivers to the Predesktop Area 1. Obtain device drivers - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 44
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 updates. 6. To put the device - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 45
v 506 pixels high You must place the file in the \PREBOOT\USRINTFC directory in order for the Rescue and Recovery program to present the desired background. Note: To get, edit, and replace the mainbk.bmp file, see "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Editing pdagui.ini Changing the left-panel entries - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
. 3 Opera help for the Rescue and Recovery environment. Define a help topic to be launched using the Opera browser. 4 Display a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct required before a specified application is started. 38 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
value of %tvtdrive% must be the boot drive letter. Following the boot drive letter, you must provide a fully qualified ini from the Rescue and Recovery environment and replacing the file, see "Example: from the title bar. Modifying user messages and window status: pdaguixx.ini (where xx is the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
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 M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
recovery\Recover.cmd to another name and that option will not appear on the wizard. That renamed .cmd file can later be run to restore from factory contents. If the service and Recovery program under Windows 7 and want to have the Opera browser remember its preferences during the current boot to the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
at: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/ Disabling the address Recovery environment is started. You can exclude some or all of the Internet Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows Recovery environment, complete the following steps: 42 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 51
1. Get the C:\PREBOOT\STARTUP\OPERA_010.CMD for editing by using the RRUTIL process as described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 2. Open the file for editing. 3. Locate the following line in the .CMD file: PYTHON.EXE.FAVS.PYC Z:\OPERADEF6.ADR 4. Complete one of the following: a. Type REM at the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
, the file is still open in the Opera browser as a text file. Adding a specific file extension to the downloadable files list You can add to the list of files that can be downloaded through the Rescue and Recovery browser. To add to the list, complete the following procedure: 1. Make sure that Opera - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
of 8 tells the browser to ignore the file. A value of 1 instructs the browser to save the file.) For example, change the following: video/ Recovery workspace for the changes to be effective. Changing the behavior of files with specific extensions You can change the behavior of files by replacing - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 54
process as described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. 9. Restart the Rescue and Recovery workspace for changes to be effective. Adding a static IP address To add a Static IP address 30. Note: The default environment supports only the DHCP environment. 46 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
that Windows PE uses to connect to a network. Syntax: IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax 1. Get the RRUTIL from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 56
can create this Predesktop Area password using the following command: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\pe_masterpw_app.exe. The parameters for this command are: Table 21. Parameter password v User ID and password or passphrase v No password 48 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
file restore operations. v tvtsched.log Logs the scheduler service that calls the Rescue and Recovery program and/or InvAgent. v Rescue.log Logs the 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 M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 58
4. A message prompts to create the rescue media when performing a backup, if the Rescue and Recovery program detects that no rescue medium has been created before. For more information about the Create Rescue Media function, consult its Help information system by - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
Backup" on page 58 v "Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive" on page 58 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 M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
BUILDID=z902zisXXXXus00.exe :: This is the drive letter for the z902zisXXXXus00.exe :: NOTE: c:\SWTOOLS If you want installation for supported languages besides US, copy z902ZAB10YYUS00.tvt and Recovery Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 61
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 Updating You may need to make a major change to your system, such as a service pack update to Windows. Before you install the service pack - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
environment. 4. After you analyze the system and determine that there are files that you must back up, update the registry key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList. Table 22. UPDATE_RR.CMD script @ECHO OFF ::Obtain the PDAGUIen.ini file from the RR c:\RRDeployGuide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
drive setup. Note: If you receive Error 1722 and need to create eight free sectors, call the Lenovo help desk to report the error and obtain further instructions. Creating a bootable Rescue and Recovery CD The Rescue and Recovery program builds and burns the rescue media CD from the current service - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
, use the following steps when installing and deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7: 1. Boot to Windows PE 2.0 2. Launch Diskpart 3. Select Disk 4. Clean Disk 5. Create desired primary partition of size desired 6. Make the partition active 56 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
Recovery program. 2. Configure BIOS password recovery Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/ 12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit. 13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
Do not preserve windows passwords during the following restoring process. Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually create the Service Partition (SP) of S drive in the Windows 7 operating system, do the following: 1. Boot from the Windows 7 installation disc and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 67
6. Boot from the Windows 7 installation disc again and proceed to the drive selection menu. 7. Create Partition 1 with a 1GB size for the service partition. 8. Create Partition 2 for the operating system. 9. Format Partition 2 and leave Partition 1 unformatted. 10. Press Shift + F10 to access the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 68
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IT administrators. These tools can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Command line support The following sections provide command line support for the Rescue and Recovery program in addition to Antidote Delivery - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
drive. When the backup is complete, you will receive a message that the backup is complete. 2. Sysprepbackup in Windows 7 is not allowed to be copied after it is made; otherwise, it will cause problems Location=c R Replace Files and folders drive U For USB hard drive S For second local hard drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
. 4. Run RRCMD Changebase filename=c:\file.txt 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 to store the backup data of - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
for CREATSP are: Table 24. Parameters size=x drive=x Description Size of service partition to create, in megabytes. The drive number to create the service partition on. If not specified, the first non-USB drive is used. This parameter is optional. 64 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 73
drive being cleaned. This parameter is optional. Note: The bmgr32.exe file must be in the same directory as the createsp.exe file, and should be run from WinPE. InvAgent The InvAgent command can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo with no output to the screen. v -section section1 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
found in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\MND directory. The mapping network drive interface supports the following parameters: Syntax: mapdrv [switches] Entering the command with no parameters launches the application and the information must be entered manually. The return codes for all - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
The following examples provide instruction on how to use MapDrv Boot to partition 0 (based on the order in the partition table). Boot to partition 1. Boot to partition 2. Boot to partition 3. Boot to the service partition. Boot to the Rescue and Recovery protected partition. Reset request to boot - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
free sectors). /INFOP Display hard disk drive information (checks for 16 free sectors). /M0 The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the service partition. /M1 The Rescue and Recovery environment is located in the C:\PARTITION (dual boot Windows and Windows PE). /M2 The Rescue and - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
or Lenovo-branded system, 0 if not) v Boot Config Displays the installation option used to describe the machine layout. Whether a service partition was to wait if the F11 message is displayed to the screen. v Scan Code The key used when booting to the service area. The scan code for the F11 key is - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
was set to prior to booting to it, when booted to the service area. v Prior IBM MBR Index Used by Windows Installer. v Patch IN: OUT Input and output values from the patch code if used. v F11 Msg Message to display to user if proper BIOS calls not supported. The following table provides error - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 79
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 program settings, including reading from specific application-defined registry entries. For the Rescue and Recovery program, Active Directory can manage - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
updated Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ Default user preferences HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\User defaults Group Policy settings The tables in this section provides settings for the group policies in the Rescue and Recovery program. 72 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
GUI option to use a password to protect the Rescue and Recovery workspace. PDALogonMode Select the authentication mode for logging in to , Include, and SIS pages. Values: 1-4 (name asc, name desc, size asc, size desc). Default: 0 (no sorting). User interface The following table provides the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 82
menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. MenuItems UsersGuide Show, gray, or hide the Users Guide menu item in the main user interface. Default: Show. MenuItems About Show, gray, or hide the About , or hide the Full Restore radio button. 74 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 83
Table 32. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User interface (continued) Policy Setting Description Restore Rejuvenate Show, gray, or hide the Rejuvenate radio button in the restore options. Default: Show. Restore RestoreOSApps - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
32. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User interface ( or hide the Factory Recovery radio button on the simplified user interface if the Factory Recovery program is installed. Default you are attempting to remove an entire screen using an Active Directory template, disable the menu item instead of - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 85
the Rescue and Recovery program: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery\ Settings\Backup\ BackupSPNetwork=1 Enable or disable Backup USB 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 M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 86
backing up the service partition to external media, set the following registry key before restoring your system with the Rescue and Recovery program: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\ Rescue and Recovery\ Settings\Backup\ BackupSPNetwork=1 Set the partition number for backups on the local drive. Valid values - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
0. BootDisc Enable or disable the creation of a Boot Disc when backing up to a CD/DVD or Enabled. BatteryPercentRequired Battery Percent Required is essential before free space on the destination drive required for backup. Values: Recovery program starting a backup. Appendix A. Administrative tools 79 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
Windows Vista or Windows Windows service session, and this will not be focused to the user. This is the design of the Microsoft Windows from Windows. Include Recovery workspace. Default: None. Show or Recovery workspace. Default: Show. Command to run following a restore operation from Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
from Windows. Default: Show. PostRestore PostPDARestore Command to run following a restore operation from the Rescue and Recovery workspace or hide the Missed Backup message. Default: Show. Show or hide the No Battery message. Default: Show. Show or hide the Scheduled Base message. Default: Show - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
the policy settings for the mapping network drive function. Table 37. \mnd\Rescue and Recovery Policy Description UNC UNC location for the mapped network drive (format \\server\share). Default: None run after the scheduled backup task. Default: none. 82 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 92
information about the Rescue and Recovery settings and working with Active Directory and Group Policy, see the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
the operation of any other product, program, or service. Lenovo may have patents or pending patent applications covering 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M55 | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 94
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