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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 5
the Opera browser 41 Changing the video resolution 47 Startup applications 47 Passwords Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive 58 Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 61 Command line support 67 BMGR CLEAN 70 Active Directory Support 71 Administrative (ADM) template files - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
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), the environment offers the Windows look, feel, and function and helps users solve problems without consuming IT staff time. The Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area has four major to recover a password or passphrase in the Rescue and Recovery environment. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 1 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
or file transfer. v Troubleshoot - Diagnostic overview: Links of computer hardware to aid in problem determination and resolution. The log files supported on select machine types of Lenovo-branded personal computers only. - Warranty status The Rescue and Recovery program is available on Lenovo Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 12
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for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/ - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin Backup" on page 58 for instructions. 3. A possible security risk may be created when the Microsoft Recovery Console is - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Requirements for Lenovo computers Lenovo-branded video that supports a resolution of 800 x 600 and 24-bit color. v Supported Ethernet card. v User must have administrative privileges. Requirements for non-Lenovo computers Installation on non-Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 15
. For supported Lenovo computers, required drivers are included with the Rescue and Recovery program. If an OEM network device in your computer is not supported, refer to the device manufacturer documentation for instructions to add support for system-specific network drivers. Request drivers from - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
that do NOT contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR v For installation paths that contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR= \"F:\TVTRR\Rescue problems. The log file includes any 8 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
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 are for the files that can be downloaded separately from the Individual language files for Large Enterprise download page. 1. The main - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
exactly). If a file is not found meeting these criteria, the installation is halted. The Rescue and Recovery program supports the following languages: v Brazilian Portuguese v Danish v Dutch v English v Finnish v French v German v Italian v Japanese v Korean v Norwegian v Portuguese 10 Rescue - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 19
enabled. Including the Rescue and Recovery program in a disk image You can create a disk 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
all partitions. Refer to the documentation provided by Symantec for specific details on Ghost. Rescue and Recovery environmental variables The following 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 22
only. 5. Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on the screen to encrypt the chosen partition. After that go to the Microsoft Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933246/ Notes: 1. When operate normally. 3. For OEM or non-Lenovo standard preload systems, you need to suspend Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
For more information, see the accompanying ThinkVantage Technologies 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 Recovery methods Within this section, you will - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 25
recovery method through the Rescue and Recovery program and the Lenovo Base Software Selector programs. By performing a custom recovery, users of including and excluding individual components such as applications, device drivers or operating systems as part of the recovery process. Administrators - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
device drivers, and operating systems. These components are in a custom packaged format and are contained in the service partition users computer; therefore, a user will not have to manually validate the Time Zone settings. Personalization files: Personalization files Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
computer. Sets the organization the computer belongs to, such as a specific department or location. Sets the time zone for the computer. interface: The following executable supports a command line interface for the Base Software Administrator program and is supported under WinPE and the Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
whether the service partition should be 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 be supported by - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
This is due to the new version Windows RE built from 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 30
directory is created on the network share, the service makes the directory a read-only folder, and 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 Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (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 M75e | (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 for Primary partitions. If you wish to - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support If you are using MSMQ, you might have problems starting the service after from an incremental backup. That is how types of backups. The following information instructs you on how to use backup files - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 than one setting applies to a file or folder, the last setting - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 36
registry key settings: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\OSAppsList file received from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble Ticket XML file, which combines (Current, HW, InvAgent, the Rescue and Recovery program aids in problem determination. Output from tests performed by Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
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=TVANADMIN#rnr Working with the Predesktop Area To customize parts - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
The RRUTIL program is designed to access the Rescue and Recovery service partition and virtual partition data. This utility will work with ://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr The RRUTIL program works with the Rescue and Recovery filter driver on 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
minint would be a value of 3. dirlist.txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* Get files from Predesktop Area directories RRUTIL /g - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
50003968 50003968 50003968 50003968 50003968 50003968 338772 748 34443040 Data0 Data1 Data10 Data100 Data101 Data102 Data103 EFSFile HashFile Info TOCFile 32 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
the \RRbackups directory. 3. Sample command: RRUTIL /bg getlist.txt getlist.txt contents: Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must understand the \RRbackups directories environment before attempting modifications. Put files in the \RRBackups directories - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
file where you can customize elements of the Rescue and Recovery environment (see "Customizing the preboot environment" on page 36). 34 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 43
, as follows: c:\temp\preboot\usrintfc\pdaguien.ini Example 1: Adding device 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 from the vendor's Web site or other media. 2. Create the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 44
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 might be compatible, but have not been tested. 36 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 45
Changing the environment background The background of the right panel is a bitmap graphic and is named mainbk.bmp. The file mainbk.bmp is located in the \PREBOOT\USRINTFC directory. If you create your own bitmap image for the right-panel background, it must conform to the following dimensions: v 620 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
a value of 1 in this position. If you set this value to 0, no password is required before a specified application is started. 38 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
hardware Create diagnostic diskettes Executable WIZRR.EXE WIZRR.EXE OPERA.EXE MAPDRV.EXE PCDR.CMD; launches the PC Doctor application, and Lenovo-branded preinstallation models only DDIAGS.CMD Changing entries and functions in the right panel Changing the right-panel entries require editing the - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
and link to the Lenovo support site" Line08 = "use the Internet and link to the Lenovo support site" Line09 = "*Troubleshoot problems using diagnostics" Line10 = "diagnose problems using diagnostics" Line11 according to your font design preferences. 40 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
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 partition has been removed, then this step is not necessary. Configuring the Opera browser The Opera browser has two configuration files: the default configuration - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
read the System Administrator's Handbook at: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/ Disabling the address bar To disable the address some or all of the Internet Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows users' favorites do the following: 1. Get C:\PREBOOT\STARTUP Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
.euy as an extension, 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 Locate the [File Types] section of the file. 44 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
value of 1 instructs the browser to save the file.) For example, change the following: video/mgpeg=8,,,,mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa,| to video/mgpeg=1,,,,mpeg,mpg, changes to be effective. Changing the behavior of files with specific extensions You can change the behavior of files by replacing values - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 54
.TBI and \MININT\SYSTEM32 winbom.ini files back by using the RRUTIL process described in "Using RRUTIL.EXE" on page 30. Note: The default environment supports only the DHCP environment. 46 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services. Syntax: StartNet = Yes | No SubnetMask .xxx.xxx Changing the video resolution You can change the video resolution by changing the from the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 56
. You 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 v User ID and password or passphrase v No password 48 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
the C:\swshare directory: v Engine.log Logs all activities of the engine and the main backup service. v rr.log Logs all activities of the main Rescue and Recovery user interface. v Create Rescue Media function is embedded in the Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools application. Chapter 3. Configurations 49 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 58
the Create Rescue Media function, consult its Help information system by pressing F1 after launching the Rescue and Recovery 4.3 program. 50 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
from an Admin 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
supported the service is Lenovo Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo \Rescue and Recovery\rrcd Note: You do not need to set up the environment if the system is rebooted. :: Set up the environment set PATH=%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 61
the ISO silently and not burn it C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Python24\python C:\Program Files\Common 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
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 in order to enter into the Recovery area. 54 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
the following error message: Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support , call the Lenovo help desk to report the error and obtain further instructions. Creating a - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
ISO with user interaction and not burn it :: c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Python24\python c:\Program Files\ \Common Files\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc /scripted /noburn Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files of size desired 6. Make the partition active 56 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
Click the Add button and then select the rnr.adm file. The rnr.adm file can be obtained from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 6. Click the Close button on the Add/Remove Template dialog box - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
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 Diskpart>sel par 1 5. Restart the computer. 58 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 68
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by corporate 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
Sysprepbackup in Windows 7 is not allowed to be copied after it is made; otherwise, it will cause problems when restoring the backup because the related REGISTRY values have not been set. It is recommended to create Where abc, is the name of the backup. 62 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
. 2. All backup and restore features are routed through the service so that the appropriate sequencing can be maintained, callbacks are performed interface. How to restore a backup from specific system The Rescue and Recovery program now supports to store the backup data of multiple computers - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
Extract the Rescue and Recovery Administration tools from: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 2. Open a CMD 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 73
be run from WinPE. InvAgent The InvAgent command can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\InvAgent\IA.exe. The IA.exe creates a local XML output file that it stores in install Run by an admin account to install any drivers needed for data collection. Appendix A. Administrative tools 65 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
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 Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
MapDrv The following examples provide instruction on how to use MapDrv: in the directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR. The following table presents the switches to partition 2. Boot to partition 3. Boot to the service partition. Boot to the Rescue and Recovery protected partition. - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
and Recovery environment is located in the service partition with DOS (dual boot Windows PE and DOS; Lenovo-branded preload Only). /OEM Computer is not a Lenovo-branded computer. This forces a second check U0 Show partition 0. /U1 Show partition 1. 68 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
is stored. v IBM Flag Value from the data sector (1 if IBM branded 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 used, or a virtual partition. v Signature Signature value found within the data - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
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 run FDISK /MBR; it will put on the MBR. 70 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 79
Support Active Directory is a directory service. The directory is where information about users and resources is stored. The directory service setting on the server that dictates that a user must use a specific background image. The administrators policy setting will override the preference set by - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
HKCU\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 M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
Rescue and Recovery The following table provides the policies for the Rescue and Recovery program. Table 30. \Rescue and Recovery Policy Description ConfigureSecurityGUIOption Show, gray, or hide the Configure security settings button in the main user interface. PDALogonGUIOption Show, gray, - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 82
Show, gray, or hide the Context Help 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 menu item in the main user interface. Default - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (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 Show, gray, or hide the Restore OS/Apps radio button in the restore - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
menu item instead of hiding each item on the screen. Backup The following table provides the policy settings for Backup. 76 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 85
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 backup before - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 86
manually delete the failed backup before making another backup or attempting to restore from the failed backup. 2. When 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 Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
Table 33. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\Backup (continued) Policy Setting Description MaxNumberIncrementals The maximum number of allowable incremental backups. Valid values: 2-31. Default: 3. Note: If you have completed backup number 3 and proceed to complete backup number 4 and encounter a - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
the application or script is not interactive. Otherwise, all graphic user interfaces will pop up on the Windows service session, and this will not be focused to the user. This is the design of the Microsoft not in the environment variable. Default: None. 80 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
Table 34. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\Restore (continued) Policy Setting Description PostRestore PostWinRestoreParameters The parameter that passes the command that is run following a restore operation from Windows. Default: None. PostRestore PostWinRestoreShow Show or hide the command - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
file. Default: none. PostParameters The parameters that passes the command that is run after the scheduled backup task. Default: none. 82 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
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 ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 92
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=TVANADMIN#rnr 84 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
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Rescue and Recovery 4.3
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Updated: September 28, 2009
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