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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 2
- Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 3
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 5
drive 51 Installing 51 Updating 53 Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop . . . 53 Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems . . . . . 54 Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1 . . 55 Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 2 . . 55 Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files and Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 6
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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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 8
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Predesktop Area provides an emergency workspace for users who are unable to start Windows on their computers. Running under Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment), the environment offers the Windows look, feel, and function and helps users solve problems without consuming IT staff time. The - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 10
needed files 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 12
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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. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 5 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 14
2.4 GB of free space on your hard drive. v VGA-compatible 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 computers have the following requirements - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 16
.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR=\"F:\TVTRR\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 the installation action to prompt for a reboot even with an administrative - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 17
, create the following value: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer] "Logging"="voicewarmup" The following table shows examples of following instructions are for the files that can be downloaded separately from the Individual language files for Large Enterprise download - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 18
need to be upgraded or if Windows Windows The Windows Installer minimum level, the Windows Installer looks for updating the Predesktop Area. If the current level is less than the minimum level, the Windows Minimum code: The Windows Installer will look for Recovery program supports the following - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 20
Script language SELECT DRIVE 1 SELECT DRIVE 1 DELETE ALL SELECT FREESPACE FIRST SELECT IMAGE ALL RESTORE Result Selects the first hard disk drive DRIVE 1 X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR /CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT /MBI=1 /IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI Result Selects the first hard disk drive DRIVE 1 Selects first hard disk drive. - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 21
Symantec for specific details on change the c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery directory from Drive Preparation Tool to prepare the BitLocker partition, you must have two partitions on your system when installing Windows ) is not activated in the BIOS Setup Utility, to achieve compatibility - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 22
Windows operating system partition (usually drive C) only. 5. Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on the screen updated in the Rescue and Recovery ADM settings. 2. When restoring a system that is using Windows 7 and BitLocker, a message will display, indicating that there was an error - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 23
in the Windows environment" on 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 24
user is authorized to access. The user then selects the files, folders, or both to be rescued. Excluding the local hard and Applications gives the user the option to your hard drive. The screen is displayed. 2. On the Restore your system screen, select Rejuvenate your system. 3. Choose the drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 have the option of including and excluding individual components such as applications, device drivers or operating systems as part of the recovery process - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 26
hard drive that consists of components such as applications, device drivers user service partition where it resides. Manifest files also control the selections available to the user Windows Windows and then deploy that personalization file to a users computer; therefore, a user will not have to manually - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 27
that can be run the first time a user logs 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 28
.) Takes an explicit Y or N value to indicate whether the service partition should be set active. For example, /BOOTSP=Y. A value of N allows the adminitrator to reset the C: partition active again, so recovery doesn't automatically occur on next reboot. The executable returns the following codes - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 29
7 The Sysprep backup operation in Windows 7 is different from that in Windows XP or Windows Vista. 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 32
generation 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 When restoring from a local hard drive, the current password will battery power, set the following policy to Hide the No Battery user message: ThinkVantage\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 34
guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support problems starting the service Windows environment The Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment enables you to perform numerous types of backups. The following information instructs - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 35
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and or folders that you can choose to exclude -s for files or folders that the user can choose to add to Single Storage The following are examples of entries: S=* X=* txt I=?:\bootsect.dos I=?:\WINNT\* I=?:\WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS\prefetch\* I=?:\minint\* I=?:\preboot\* - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 36
registry key settings: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\OSAppsList The process and logs onto Windows. The file received from the end user creates the Req 115 Trouble Ticket XML file, which the Rescue and Recovery program aids in problem determination. Output from tests performed by - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 37
settings, specify fixed download directory, add specific file extension to the downloadable files list or change behavior of files with specific extensions. OPERA_010.CMD OPERA6.INI PDAGUIxx.INI (where xx is the language designation) STANDARD_MENU.INI Exclude Window user's favorites. Configure the - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 38
Windows 7. Using RRUTIL.EXE The RRUTIL program is designed to access the Rescue and Recovery service 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 39
txt contents: \minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.* not supported in this directories RRUTIL /p Update (add/replace) files in all the files in a temp folder on drive c:\. Based on location in the temp directory file in \preboot\startup, the user would place the file.cmd file - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 40
on files in the Predesktop Area. The path to the file to be renamed must be included without the drive letter. The new name of the file should only include the name without any path information. Example: Data102 Data103 EFSFile HashFile Info TOCFile 32 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 41
copy to location> getlist.txt contents: Note: Wildcards are not supported in this function. You must understand the \RRbackups directories environment before /bp Update (add/replace) files in \RRbackups virtual partition: 1. Place all the files in a temp folder on drive c:\, then based on - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 42
do the following: 1. Copy rrutil.exe to the root of the C drive. 2. Create getlist.txt file with the following syntax: \preboot\usrintfc\file name .txt the file is in the preboot\rr directory RRUTIL -bp c:\temp Update or replace files in RRBACKUPS virtual partition. RRUTIL -bl path List the Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 44
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 drivers the main graphical user interface (GUI). Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 46
a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct the GUI to present a message to the user that the computer width of the left panel, the text is cut and ellipsis points indicate that more characters follow. The full title text is displayed when using 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 47
from backup Open browser Map a network drive Diagnose hardware Create diagnostic diskettes Executable WIZRR the PC Doctor application, and Lenovo-branded preinstallation models only DDIAGS.CMD from the title bar. Modifying user messages and window status: pdaguixx.ini (where xx is the language - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 48
" Line07 = "*Communicate using the Internet 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 = "Features may vary based on installation - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 49
be run to restore from factory contents. If the service partition has been removed, then this step is , and the active configuration file. An user can make changes to the active configuration you are using the Rescue and Recovery program under Windows 7 and want to have the Opera browser remember - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 50
opera.com/support/mastering/ generated on startup is not permanent, it adds bookmarks to Internet Explorer, which is automatically imported when the Rescue and Recovery environment is started. You can exclude some or all of the Internet Explorer favorites. To exclude specific Windows users Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 51
" on page 30. 2. Open the file for editing. 3. Add the following section to the bottom of the norm1.ini file: Note: The [0 or 1] variable indicates that the check item is either enabled (1) or disabled (0). [Proxy] Use HTTPS=[0 or 1] Use FTP=[0 or 1] Use GOPHER=[0 or 1] Use WAIS=[0 or 1] HTTP Server - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 52
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 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 53
ignore the file. A value of 1 instructs the browser to save the file.) For Note: The trailing comma and pipe symbol are essential for this setting to work the behavior of files with specific extensions You can change the 1. Close Opera and all active Opera windows, including help files. 2. Get the - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 55
Windows PE uses to connect to a network. Syntax: IPConfig = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx StartNet Specifies whether to start networking services and Recovery Windows PE environment has the ability to support a startup the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery Administration Tools site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 56
in RRUTIL -g from a command line. This will generate a file named getlist.txt. 7. Examine the contents Area or Master password v User ID and password or passphrase command: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\pe_masterpw_app authentication and allows the user to enter the Predesktop - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 57
and the main backup service. v rr.log Logs all activities of the main Rescue and Recovery user interface. v Restore.log separated from the Create Rescue Media application in the Windows 7 version of the Rescue and Recovery program, Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools application. Chapter 3. Configurations 49 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 59
Master Boot Record on the primary hard disk drive. 1. Remove all storage devices, such as second hard disk drives, USB hard disk drives, USB memory keys and PC Card Memory from the donor system, except the primary hard disk that you are going to install Windows on. Attention: Running this command - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 60
is the drive letter for for supported languages besides hard disk drive and call it Scheduled. v Hide the Rescue and Recovery user interface to all users performed. v After the service is started, set Files\Lenovo\Rescue Service" :: Make an ISO file here - ISO will reside in c:\Program Files\Lenovo - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 61
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, you force an incremental backup on the system and identify that - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 62
Opera.EXE, http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage 2. Put must back up, update the registry key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery the updated version the change pause c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Common\BMGR\bmgr32.exe /bw the Master Boot Record on the hard disk drive. The Rescue and Recovery program - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 63
code, you will see the following error message: Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as hard 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 64
hard drive, next line will create the 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 and Windows 7 Windows Windows 7: 1. Boot to Windows - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 65
7. Assign the drive letter (C) 8. Exit Diskpart 9. Format disk such as c: /fs:ntfs /q /y /v:WinXP 10. Run bootsect /nt52 11. Run BMGR32.EXE /Fbootmgr.bin /M1 /IBM /THINK 12. Use Imagex.exe to apply your WIM file to C: 13. Reboot For more information about Windows 7, WIM files, or ImageX, see the - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 66
Launch the advanced 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 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition of S drive To manually create the Service Partition (SP) of S drive in the - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 67
Repair your computer to repair the operating system. 19. Restart and log in to Windows. When you complete the above procedure, the Service Partition will be created and the RNR 4.3 and PDA files will be copied to the S drive instead of the virtual Service Partition. Chapter 4. Best practices 59 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 68
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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 line arguments. SETPASSWORD The SETPASSWORD command sets the user password. For a discussion about passwords, see - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 70
hard disk 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 For primary local hard drive U For USB hard drive S For second local hard drive N For - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 71
features are routed through the service so that the appropriate sequencing can 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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 72
steps: 1. Extract the Rescue and Recovery Administration tools from: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr 2. Open a CMD window. 3. Type in Convdate. 4. Set the date and time in the convdate window. Note: The corresponding registry file values are: v High DWORD - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 74
] [/s] The MapDrv command will implement the 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] Entering - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 75
user Sets the stored encrypted user name for this share. /NetPath Sets the value output from MapDrv to indicate the actual connection path. Using MapDrv The following examples provide instruction Files\Common Files\Lenovo\BMGR. The following partition 3. Boot to the service partition. Boot to the - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 76
8 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 77
sector used by the master boot record. v Patch indices Sector numbers of any patches applied using the master boot record. v Checksum return 0 if there are no checksum errors. v Boot Partition The 1-based partition table index of the service partition. v Alt Partition Partition table index pointing - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 78
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 codes and error descriptions for BMGR32 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 79
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 including reading from specific application-defined registry - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 80
by a user will be updated in the user preferences. indicate where in the registry the settings will be reflected. These settings will be in the following registry locations: Table 29. Registry locations Header Header Computer policies HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\ User - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 81
, gray, or hide the Configure security settings button in the main user interface. PDALogonGUIOption Show, gray, or hide the GUI option to use \Settings Policy Description LockHardDisk Enable or disable the Lock Hard Disk setting. Default: Disabled. ParseEnvironmentVariables Enable or disbale - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 82
Show. MenuItems ContextHelp 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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 83
Show or hide the Admin Backups from being restored through the user Interface. Default: Show. Schedule and Preferences BackupLocation Show, gray, Schedule and Preferences LockHardDisk Show, gray, or hide the Lock Hard Disk item in the Schedule and Preferences dialog box. Default: Show - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 84
the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Simplified FullRestore Show, gray, or hide the Full button on the simplified user interface. Default Information button on the simplified user interface. Default: Show. Note: If you are attempting to remove an entire screen using an Active Directory - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (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 Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 87
be merged to the next incremental backup. ResumeAfterPowerLoss : 3. Yield Yield indicates amount of delay to Battery Percent Required the destination drive required for user will be prompted again after the user chooses not to retry an auto-synchronization to Network. Prebackup is used when the user - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 88
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 Windows from Windows. Include Windows. Default: None. Show or hide the command that is run prior to a restore operation from Windows operation from Windows. Include - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 89
restore operation from Windows. Default: None User Messages The following table provides the policy settings for User Messages. Table 36. \Rescue and Recovery\Settings\User Missed Backup message. Default: Show. Show or hide the No Battery message. Default: Show. Show or hide the Scheduled Base - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 90
\mnd\Rescue and Recovery Policy Description UNC UNC location for the mapped network drive (format \\server\share). Default: None. User Use mapdrv.exe /view command to create an encrypted value for this field the scheduled backup task. Default: none. 82 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 91
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 - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 92
will see the simplified user interface by default. By disabling the simplified user interface, you can have advanced user interface displayed each time for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 93
to state or imply that only that Lenovo product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any Lenovo intellectual property right may be used instead. However, it is the user's responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 94
results may vary. Users of this document should verify the applicable data for their specific environment. The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both: Lenovo Rescue and Recovery ThinkVantage Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Windows, and Windows Vista are - Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 92z | (English) Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide - Page 95
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