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Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixE

“Notices”onpage161.

SixthEdition(August2010)

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Contents

Preface.................v

Chapter1.Overview..........1

PredesktopArea...............1

Windowsenvironment.............2

AntidoteDeliveryManager...........2

Rejuvenatingandmigrating...........2

Hintsandtips................3

Chapter2.Installation.........5

Installationconsiderations...........5

Upgradingconsideration..........5

CompatibilitywithComputrace,Storage ManagementSubsystem,andWindows

RecoveryConsole............5

Installationrequirements............6

RequirementsforinstallationonLenovo

computers...............6

Requirementsforinstallationonnon-Lenovo

computers...............6

InstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram....7

Administrativeinstallation.........7

Installationlogles............8

Installationcomponents..........9

RescueandRecoverycustomizedpublic

properties...............11

RescueandRecoveryenvironmental

variables...............12

IncludingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramina

diskimage................13

UsingPowerQuestDriveImagebasedtools withtheRescueandRecoveryprogram...13

UsingSymantecGhostbasedtoolswiththe

RescueandRecoveryprogram......14

CompatibilitywithBitLocker.........14

CompatibilitywithBitLockerwithoutTPM..14 BestpracticeofBitLockerencryptionon

asystemwiththeRescueandRecovery

program...............14

Chapter3.Congurations......17

XMLandADMlecongurations.......17

Recoverymethods.............17

Singlelerestore............17

Filerescue..............18

Operatingsystemandapplicationsrestore..18

Rejuvenation.............18

Fullrestore..............19

Customrecovery............19

Backups.................21

Schedulingbackupsandassociatedtasks..21

Mappinganetworkdriveforbackups....22

Sysprepbackuporrestore........23

Passwordpersistence..........26

Batterypowersettingsforbackups.....27

MicrosoftMessageQueuing(MSMQ)....27

CongurationsintheRescueandRecovery

Windowsenvironment............27

Settingthebasebackuplocation.....27

Conguringregistrysettingstoincludeand

excludebackuples..........27

ConguringtheRescueandRecoveryuser

interface...............29

CongurationsintheRescueandRecovery

PredesktopArea..............30

WindowsVistaconsiderations.......30

UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility.......31

Usingthepdaguixx.inicongurationle...37

RemovingFactoryRestore........42

Troubleticket.............42

ConguringtheOperabrowser......43

Changingthevideoresolution.......49

Startupapplications...........49

Passwords..............50

Logles.................52

Chapter4.Rejuvenationand

migration...............53

Creatingacommandle...........53

Filecommands..............53

File-migrationcommands..........57

Examplesofle-migrationcommands.....60

Selectinglesduringthecapturephase...61

Migratingadditionalapplicationsettings....62

Creatinganapplicationle........67

Exampleofanapplication.xmlleforAdobe

Reader................69

Chapter5.Bestpractices......75

Scenario1-Newrollouts..........75

Preparingtheharddiskdrive.......75

Installing...............75

Updating...............78

EnablingtheRescueandRecoverydesktop.78

Scenario2-InstallingonOEMsystems.....80

Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option

1..................81

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Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option

2..................81

Scenario3-InstallingonType12service

partition.................82

Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMlesandWindows

Vista...................83

Scenario5-StandaloneinstallforCDorscript

les...................83

Scenario6-WorkingwithActiveDirectoryand

ADMles.................83

CorporateActiveDirectoryRollout.....84

Scenario7-PerformingaBareMetalRestorefrom

anAdminBackup.............84

Scenario8-ManuallycreatingtheServicePartition

ofSdrive.................85

AppendixA.Administrativetools...87

Commandlinesupport...........87

RRCMDcommand-lineinterface......87

CLEANDRV.EXE............89

CONVDATE..............89

CREATSP...............90

InvAgent...............90

MapDrv................91

TheRescueandRecoveryBootmanager

control(BMGR32)...........92

BMGRCLEAN...............96

SP.PQI..................97

ActiveDirectorySupport...........97

Administrative(ADM)templateles.....97

GroupPolicysettings..........98

AppendixB.AntidoteDelivery

Manager...............133

InstallingtheAntidotenetworkcomponent...133

WindowsVista.............133

WindowsXP..............133

AntidotewithWindowsVista.........134

Repository................134

AntidoteDeliveryManagerandWindows

commands................134

AntidoteDeliveryManagerutilization......135

Majorwormattack...........135

Minorapplicationupdate.........136

AccommodatingVPNsandwirelesssecurity...136 AntidoteDeliveryManagercommandguide...136

SupportedMicrosoftcommands.......139

Preparationandinstallation..........141

Preparation..............141

Conguration.............141

Repository..............141

Scheduleinformation..........141

SigningKey..............142

NetworkDrives.............142

InstallingtheAntidotenetworkcomponent..142

Serverinfrastructure...........143

Simplesystemtest–displaynotication....143

Deployment................143

Examples...............146

Examplescripts..............148

VirtualizationModuleforAntidoteDelivery

Manager.................148

Requirements.............148

Installation..............148

Overview...............149

AppendixC.Usertasks.......153

WindowsVista...............153

WindowsXP...............153

Windows2000...............154

Createrescuemedia............155

RescueandRecoveryuserinterfaceswitching..155

AppendixD.WorkingwithLenovo

PatchUtility.............157

Installation................157

Registrysettings..............157

Logles.................158

Dependencies...............158

Congurableoptions............158

Upgradeandcompatibility..........159

References................159

AppendixE.Notices........161

Trademarks................162

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Preface

InformationpresentedinthisguideistosupportcomputersinstalledwiththeThinkVantage

Rescueand

Recovery®program(hereinafterrefertoastheRescueandRecoveryprogram).

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisanessentialtoolthatenablesusersandadministratorstorestore backups,accessles,diagnoseproblems,andmakeEthernetconnectionsiftheMicrosoft

Windows operatingsystemwillnotstartorruncorrectly.Italsoenablesdeploymentofcriticalupdatestosystems thatarecorruptedoroffthenetwork,aswellasautomaticallyapplyingpatchestoasystemwhena restoreoperationisperformed.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhelpsreduceITmanagementcostsby decreasinghelpdeskcallsanddesk-sidevisits,aswellasimprovinguserproductivity.

TheRescueandRecoveryDeploymentGuideprovidestheinformationrequiredforinstallingtheRescue andRecoveryprogramononeormorecomputers,andalsoprovidesinstructionsandscenariosonthe administrativetoolsthatcanbecustomizedtosupportITorcorporatepolicies.

ThisguideisintendedforITadministrators,orthoseresponsiblefordeployingtheRescueand Recoveryprogramtocomputersthroughouttheirorganizations.Ifyouhavesuggestionsor comments,communicatewithyourLenovoauthorizedrepresentative.Thisguideisupdated periodically,andyoucancheckthelatestpublicationontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

ForinformationaboutusingvariouscomponentsincludedintheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,referto theonlinehelpsystemanduserguidethatcomewiththeRescueandRecoveryprogram.

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Chapter1.Overview

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramrepresentsauniquecombinationofThinkVantageTechnologies.This integratedapplicationprovidesasuiteofpowerfultoolsthatcanbeusedeveniftheWindowsoperating systemwillnotstart.

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhastwomaininterfaces.Theprimaryinterfaceoperatesinthe MicrosoftWindowsenvironment.Thesecondaryinterface,theRescueandRecoveryPredesktopArea, operatesindependentlyoftheWindowsoperatingsystemintheWindowsPE(PreinstallationEnvironment) environment.

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaprovidesanenvironmenttostartyourcomputerwhenyou

failtologintotheWindowsoperatingsystem.

•TheRescueandRecoveryWindowsenvironmentenablesyoutobackuptheoperatingsystemandles

andrestoretheoperatingsystemandlesinfamiliarinterfaces.

•AntidoteDeliveryManagerisanantivirus,anti-worminfrastructureincludedintheRescueandRecovery

program.

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramincludestheoptiontoswitchtoasimplieduserinterfacewithafew basicoperations,orstaywiththeadvanceduserinterfacewithextendedoptions.Formoreinformationon interfaceswitching,see“ConguringtheRescueandRecoveryuserinterface”onpage29

Note:SomefeaturesoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramrunundertheWindowsoperatingsystem.In someinstances,systeminformationusedintheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentisgatheredwhilethe Windowsoperatingsystemisrunning.IftheWindowsoperatingsystemdoesnotfunctioncorrectly,thiswill notpreventtheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentfromoperatingnormally.

PredesktopArea

TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaprovidesanemergencyworkspaceforuserswhoareunable tostarttheWindowsoperatingsystemontheircomputers.RunningunderWindowsPE,theRescueand RecoveryPredesktopAreaofferstheWindowslook,feel,andfunctionandhelpsuserssolveproblems withoutconsumingITstafftime.

TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreahasfourmajorcategoriesoffunctions:

•RescueandRestore

–Recoveryoverview:Linksuserstohelptopicsaboutthevariousrecoveryoptionsthatareprovided. –Rescueles:EnablesuserstocopylescreatedbytheWindowsapplicationstoremovablemediaor

toanetwork,anduserscancontinuewiththeirworkeveninadisabledworkstation.

–Restorefrombackup:EnablesuserstorestorelesthathavebeenbackedupwiththeRescue

andRecoveryprogram.

•Congure

–Congurationoverview:LinkstoRescueandRecoveryenvironmenthelptopicsaboutconguration. –Recoverpasswordorpassphrase:Providesauseroranadministratorwiththeabilitytorecovera

passwordorpassphraseintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.

–AccessBIOS:OpenstheBIOSSetupUtilityprogram.

•Communicate

–Communicationoverview:LinkstorelatedhelptopicsintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment. –Openbrowser:StartstheOperaWebbrowser(WeborIntranetaccessrequiresawiredEthernet

connection).

–Downloadles:Allowsyoutodownloadneededlestothepartitioninthe\SWSHAREfolderin

theWindowspartition.

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–Mapnetworkdrive:Helpsusersaccessnetworkdrivesforsoftwaredownloadsorletransfer.

•Troubleshoot –Diagnosticoverview:LinkstoRescueandRecoverydiagnosticshelptopics. –Diagnosehardware:StartsthePCDoctorapplicationthatcanperformhardwaretestsandreport

testresults. –Creatediagnosticdisks:Enablesyoutocreateasetofdiagnosticdisks. –Bootfromanotherdevice:EnablesyoutobootfromtheRescueandRecoveryCD,asetofbackup

CDs,aninternaldrive,oradetachablestoragedevicesuchasaUSBharddiskdrive.

Note:T obootfromaUSBharddiskdriveorasecondharddiskdrive,ensurethattheharddisk

driveisnotcompressed. –Systeminformation:Providesthedetailedinformationaboutthecomputeranditshardware

components. –Eventlog:Providesthedetailedinformationaboutrecentuseractivitiesandlistingsofcomputer

hardwaretoaidinproblemdeterminationandresolution.Theloglesprovideareadablewayto

viewactivitiesandasetoflogentries.

Note:ThefeatureofviewingtheloglesisonlysupportedoncertainmachinetypesofLenovo

computers. –Warrantystatus:ProvidesthelinktolaunchtheOperabrowsersothatyoucansearchthewarranty

informationfromtheInternet.

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramispreinstalledonLenovocomputers.Itisalsoavailableforpurchaseas aCDlesothatorganizationscanbenetfromtheRescueandRecoveryprograminstalledonnon-Lenovo computers.Youcanthenpurchaseseparatelicensesforindividualcomputers.

Windowsenvironment

TheRescueandRecoveryWindowsenvironmentenablesuserstorescuelostdata,applications,and operatingsystemswiththetouchofabutton.Thiscapabilityreducestime-consuminghelpdeskcalls, whichcansavesupportcosts.

Youcanscheduletobackupallusers'computerstoreduceriskanddowntime.TheRescueandRecovery programoffersyourclientsanextralayerofsupportbypre-conguringautomaticexternalbackuptoa serveroranexternalstorage.Backupsareencryptedbydefaultwiththe256AES(AdvancedEncryption Standard)key.

AntidoteDeliveryManager

AntidoteDeliveryManagerisanantivirus,anti-worminfrastructureincludedintheRescueandRecovery program.AntidoteDeliveryManageriseasytoimplement,andallowsanadministratortoinitiatenetwork blockingandrecoverywithinminutesofareportedproblem.AntidoteDeliveryManagercanbelaunched byoneadministratoranditfunctionsonsystemswithorwithoutanetwork.AntidoteDeliveryManageris compatiblewithexistingantivirustools;therefore,maintainingvirusscanningtoolsandobtainingpatchesare stillrequired.AntidoteDeliveryManagerprovidestheinfrastructuretohaltdestructionandapplythepatches.

Note:AntidoteDeliveryManagerisdisabledbydefault.Formoreinformation,seeAppendixB“Antidote DeliveryManager”onpage133

Rejuvenatingandmigrating

WiththeRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcanmigrateauser’sworkenvironmentfromonesystemto anotheruponrejuvenatingfromabackup.Auser’sworkenvironmentincludesthefollowingitems:

•Operating-systempreferences,suchasdesktopandnetworkconnectivitysettings

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•Filesandfolders

•Customizedapplicationsettings,suchasbookmarksinaWebbrowseroreditingpreferencesinMicrosoft Word

•Useraccounts

Formoreinformation,seeChapter4“Rejuvenationandmigration”onpage53.

Hintsandtips

ForhintsandtipsonusingtheRescueandRecovery4.23program,seetheRescueandRecovery4.23 ConsiderationsontheWebsiteat:http://www.lenovo.com/support.

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Chapter2.Installation

PriortoinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcancustomizetheRescueandRecoveryXML leforyourenterpriseandthendeployittoclientsystems.TheXMLlepackagedwiththeRescueand Recoveryprogramisnamedthernrdeploy.xmlle.OncetheXMLleiscustomizedandinstalled,settings fortheRescueandRecoveryprogramaremanagedwiththeregistryorActiveDirectory.

Formoreinformation,seetheXML/ADMSupplementinsidetheThinkVantage TechnologiesAdministratorTools,whichcanbedownloadedfromthefollowingWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

Installationconsiderations

ThissectionaddressestheconsiderationsofinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram.

Upgradingconsideration

IfyouareinstallingtheRescueandRecovery4.23programonacomputerwiththeRescueandRecovery

4.0orlaterinstalled,youcaninstalltheRescueandRecovery4.23programdirectlywithoutuninstallingthe

previousversion.IfyouareinstallingtheRescueandRecovery4.23programoverversion3.1orearlier,you arerecommendedtouninstallthepreviousversionthroughtheWindowsAddorRemoveProgramsapplet andtheninstalltheRescueandRecovery4.23program.

Notes:

1.CreateanewbackupafterinstallingtheRescueandRecovery4.23programtoyoursystem,because backuplescreatedbyearlierversionsoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramcannotberecoveredby theRescueandRecovery4.23program.Youcancreatethebackupusingeitherascriptortheuser interface.

2.TheoldbackupscreatedbyanearlierversionoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramwillbedeleted duringtheinstallation.Ifyouwanttoretaintheabilitytorestorefrombackupscreatedbyanearlier versionoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youmustcopyyourbackuplestobootable,external recoverymediabeforeinstallingthelatestversion.

CompatibilitywithComputrace,StorageManagementSubsystem,and WindowsRecoveryConsole

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramonlyworkswiththenon-BIOSversionoftheComputraceapplication installedonyoursystem.WhenyouinstalltheComputraceapplication,makesurethatyouinstallthe RescueandRecoveryprogramrstandthentheComputraceapplication.

IftheWindowsPEcreatesavirtualpartitiononacomputertoinstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogram, andyouattempttoinstalltheStorageManagementSubsystemsoftwareonthesamecomputer,thenthe StorageManagementSubsystemsoftwarewillnotbeinstalledsuccessfully.BoththeWindowsPEandthe StorageManagementSubsystemsoftwareusetheC:\minintdirectoryfortheirlesystems.Thewayto havebothinstalledatthesametimeistocreateatype12partitiontoinstalltheRescueandRecovery4.23 program.See“Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMlesandWindowsVista”onpage83forinstructions.

ApossiblesecurityriskmaybecreatedwhentheWindowsRecoveryConsoleisinstalledonasystem withtheRescueandRecoveryprograminstalled.TheWindowsRecoveryConsolelooksforthe C:\*\system32\cong\directory,andifitndsthatdirectory,itassumesthesystemisanoperatingsystem.If theregistryentriesthatrequireaWindowspasswordarenotpresent,thentheWindowsRecoveryConsole

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willallowausertochoosetheoperatingsystemandthengainaccesstotheentireharddiskdrivewithouta password.

Installationrequirements

ThissectionaddressessystemrequirementsforinstallingtheRescueandRecoverypackageonLenovo ornon-Lenovocomputers.Forbestresults,makesurethatyouhavethelatestversionoftheRescueand Recoveryprograminstalled.TodownloadthelatestversionoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,and obtaininformationaboutthecomputersthatsupporttheRescueandRecoveryprogram,gotothefollowing Website:http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

RequirementsforinstallationonLenovocomputers

ToinstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramonLenovocomputers,yoursystemmustmeetorexceedthe followingrequirements:

•WindowsVista

•128MBofmemoryfortheWindowsXPoperatingsystem,and512MBofmemoryfortheWindows Vistaoperatingsystem

–Insharedmemorycongurations,theBIOSsettingformaximumsharedmemorymustbesettono

lessthan8MB.

–Innon-sharedmemorycongurations,theBIOSsettingformaximumsharedmemorymustbesetto

nolessthan120MB.

operatingsystemorWindowsXPwithServicePack1(SP1)orlateroperatingsystem

Note:Ifacomputerhaslessthan200MBofnon-sharedmemory,theRescueandRecoveryprogram willstillrun;however,theuserwillbeunabletostartmorethanoneapplicationintheRescueand Recoveryenvironment.

•InternetExplorer®Webbrowser5.5orlater

•2.4GBoffreeharddiskdrivespace

Note:IfyouareinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramontheservicepartition,see“Scenario3InstallingonType12servicepartition”onpage82

formoreinformationoninstallationrequirements.

Requirementsforinstallationonnon-Lenovocomputers

ToinstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramonnon-Lenovocomputers,yoursystemsshouldmeetor exceedthefollowingrequirements:

•Installationrequirements2.4GBoffreeharddiskdrivespace.Thebaseinstallationuses930MB.

•Minimumsystemmemoryrequirements256MBofsystemRAM(random-accessmemory)toinstallthe RescueandRecoveryprogram.

•HarddiskdrivecongurationCongurethenon-Lenovocomputersaccordingtotherecommendations in“Scenario2-InstallingonOEMsystems”onpage80.

•ExternalmediarequirementsYouareenabledtobootfromexternalmedia,suchasCD,DVD,orUSB harddiskdrivebootablemedia.Otherdevices,suchasCD-R/RW,DVD-R/RW/RAM,orDVD+R/RW drives,mustfullysupportoneormoreofthefollowingspecications: –ATAPIRemovableMediaDeviceBIOSSpecication –BIOSEnhancedDiskDriveServices-2 –CompaqPhoenixIntelBIOSBootSpecication –ElToritoBootableCD-ROMFormatSpecication –USBMassStorageClassSpecicationOverview(Eachdevicemustcomplywiththecommandblock

specicationinsection2“Subclasscode”intheUSBMassStorageClassSpecicationOverview document.)

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–USBMassStoragespecicationforboot-ability

•Videorequirements –Videocompatibility:VGA-compatiblevideothatsupportsaresolutionof800x600and24-bitcolor –Videomemory:

–Onnon-sharedvideomemorysystems:aminimumof4MBofvideoRAM –Onsharedvideomemorysystems:aminimumof4MBandmaximumof8MBcanbeallocatedfor

videomemory.

•ApplicationcompatibilitySomeapplicationsthathavecomplexlterdriverenvironments,suchas antivirussoftware,mightnotbecompatiblewiththeRescueandRecoveryprogram.Forinformationabout compatibilityissues,refertothereadmeleandvariousutilitiesthataccompanytheRescueandRecovery program.T oobtainthereadmele,gototheLenovoWebsiteat:http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

•NetworkadaptersrequirementsTheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentonlysupportswiredPCI-based, Ethernetnetworkadapters.NetworkdevicedriversincludedintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment arethesamedriversthatarepre-populatedontheWindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemand independentoftheWindowsXPoperatingsystem.ForsupportedLenovocomputers,requireddriversare includedwiththeRescueandRecoveryprogram.

IfanetworkdevicedriverinyourOEMcomputerisnotsupported,refertothedevicedocumentationfor instructionstoaddsupportforsystem-specicnetworkdrivers.RequestthedriversfromyourOEM.

InstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram

TheRescueandRecoveryinstallationpackagewasdevelopedwithInstallShield10.5PremierasaBasic MSIproject.InstallShieldPremier10.5usestheWindowsInstallertoinstallapplications,whichgives administratorsmanycapabilitiestocustomizeinstallations,suchassettingpropertyvaluesfromthe commandline.ThissectiondescribeswaystouseandruntheRescueandRecoveryinstallationpackage. Forabetterunderstanding,readtheentiresectionbeforeyoubegintoinstallthepackage.

Note:Wheninstallingthepackage,refertothereadmeleontheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK.Thereadmelecontains thelatestinformationaboutprogramversions,supportedsystems,systemrequirements,andother considerationstohelpyouwiththeinstallationprocess.

Administrativeinstallation

TheWindowsInstallercanperformanadministrativeinstallationofanapplicationoraproducttoanetwork forusebyaworkgrouporforcustomization.FortheRescueandRecoveryinstallationpackage,an administrativeinstallationunpackstheinstallationsourcelestoaspeciedlocation.

YoucanobtaintheinstallationpackagefromthefollowingWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support

Attendedinstallation

Toperformanadministrativeinstallation,runtheinstallationpackagefromthecommandlineusingthe/a parameter:

setup.exe/a

Anadministrativeinstallationpresentsawizardthatpromptstheadministrativeusertospecifythelocation forunpackingthesetuples.ThedefaultextractlocationisC:\.Youcanchooseanewlocationthatmay includethedriveotherthanC:\,forexampleotherlocaldriveormappednetworkdrive.Youcanalso createanewdirectoryduringthisstep.

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Unattendedinstallation

Torunanadministrativeinstallationsilently,youcansetthepublicpropertyTARGETDIRonthecommand linetospecifytheextractlocation.

•Forinstallationtargetdirectorypathsthatdonotcontainspaces,youcan:

–usethecommandline,forexample:

setup.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR=F:\TVTRR"

–usethemsiexec.exeapplication,forexample:

msiexec.exe/a"LenovoRescueandRecovery.msi"/qnTARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR

•Forinstallationtargetdirectorypathsthatcontainspaces,youcan

–usethecommandline,forexample:

setup.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR=\"F:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery\""

Note:Anescapecharacter'/'mustbeplacedprecedingthedouble-quotedtargetdirectory.

–usethemsiexec.exeapplication,forexample:

msiexec.exe/a"LenovoRescueandRecovery.msi"/qnTARGERDIR=\"F:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery\"

Note:IfyouuseanearlierversionofWindowsInstaller,thesetup.exeleisconguredtoupdatethe WindowsInstallerenginetoversion3.0.Thisupdatewillcausetheinstallationactiontopromptforareboot evenwithanadministrativeextractinstallation.IftheWindowsInstallerisversion3.0orlater,setup.exewill notattempttoinstall.

Onceanadministrativeinstallationhasbeencompleted,theadministrativeusercanmakecustomizations tothesourceles,suchasaddingsettingstotheregistry.Toinstallfromtheunpackedsourceafter customizationsaremade,theusercallsthemsiexec.exeapplicationfromthecommandline,passingthe nameoftheunpackedMSIle.

Usingthemsiexec.exeapplication

Themsiexec.exeapplicationistheexecutableprogramoftheWindowsInstallerusedtointerpretinstallation packagesandinstallproductsontargetsystems.T oinstallfromtheunpackedsourceaftermaking customization,theusercallsthemsiexec.exeexecutableprogramfromthecommandline,passingthe nameoftheunpackedMSIle.

msiexec/i"C:\WindowsFolder\Proles\UserName\ Personal\MySetups\projectname\productconguration\releasename\ DiskImages\Disk1\productname.msi"

Note:Entertheprecedingcommandasasinglelinewithnospacesfollowingtheforwardslashes(\).

Forinformationoncommandlineparametersandpublicproperties,gototheMicrosoftWebsiteat: http://www.microsoft.com

Installationlogles

Theloglerrinstall423.log(forWindowsXPoperatingsystems)orrrinstall423v.log(forWindowsVista operatingsystems)iscreatedinthe%temp%directoryifthesetupislaunchedbythesetup.exele

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(double-clickthemaininstallationpackageandthenrunthemainexecutablewithoutparameters,orextract theMSIpackageandrunthesetup.exele).Thislecontainslogmessagesthatcanbeusedtodebug installationproblems.ThisloglewillnotbecreatedbyanyactionsperformedfromtheAddorRemove Programsappletorrunningthesetup.exelefromtheMSIpackage.T ocreatealogleforallMSIactions, youcanenabletheloggingpolicyintheregistry.Todothis,createthefollowingvalue:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer] "Logging"="voicewarmup"

Thefollowingtableshowsexamplesofinstallationusingthesetup.exele.

Table1.

DescriptionExample

Performsilentinstallationwithnoreboot.

setup.exe/s/v"/qnREBOOT="R""

Performadministrativeinstallation.

Performsilentadministrativeinstallationbyspecifyingthe extractlocationfortheRescueandRecoveryprogram.

Performsilentuninstall.

Performinstallationwithnoreboot.Createaninstallation loginthetempdirectoryfortheRescueandRecovery program.

PerforminstallationwithoutinstallingthePredesktopArea.

setup.exe/a

setup.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR="F: \TVTRR""

setup.exe/s/x/v/qn

setup.exe/v"REBOOT="R"/L*v%temp% \rrinstall423.log"

Note:ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,thelogleis namedasrrinstall423.log.ForWindowsVistaoperating systems,thelogleisnamedasrrinstall423v.log.

setup.exe/vPDA=0

ThefollowingtableshowsexamplesofinstallationusingtheRescueandRecovery.msile:

Table2.

DescriptionExample

Performinstallation.

Performsilentinstallationwithnoreboot.

Performsilentunintall.

PerforminstallationwithoutinstallingthePredesktopArea.

msiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"

msiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qn REBOOT="R"

msiexec/x"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qn

msiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"PDA=0

Installationcomponents

TheRescueandRecoveryinstallationconsistsofseveralcomponents.Thosecomponentscanbe downloadedfromtheLargeEnterpriseindividuallanguagelesWebpage.ToaccesstheWebpage,goto

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theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.NavigatetoThinkVantageT echnologies ➙RescueandRecovery.SelecttheappropriateversionnumberoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,and clicktheIndividuallanguagelesforLargeEnterpriselink.

•Maininstallationpackage(required)Themaininstallationpackageisaself-extractinginstallation packagethatextractstheinstallationsourcelesandlaunchestheinstallationusingWindowsInstaller. ItcontainstheinstallationlogicandtheWindowsapplicationles.Thepackagedoesnotcontainany ofthePredesktopAreales.

Example:

–FortheWindowsXPoperatingsystem,themaininstallationpackagecanbenamedas

Z696ZISXXXXCC00.EXE.

–FortheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,themaininstallationpackagecanbenamedas

Z695ZISXXXXCC00.EXE.

Note:TheXXXXisthebuildID.TheCCrepresentsthelanguage.

•PredesktopAreaBase(required)ThisisthepasswordprotectedlethatcontainstheentirePredesktop Areabase.ThisleisrequiredtoinstallthePredesktopAreaonalllanguagesystems.Thislemustbe inthesamedirectorywherethemaininstallationpackageislocated.Theexceptionstothisareifthe PredesktopAreaisalreadyinstalledanddoesnotneedtobeupgraded,orifthepropertyPDA=0isset onthecommandlinewhenyouexecutetheinstallationandanyversionofthePredesktopAreadoes notexistbefore.

Example:

–FortheWindowsXPoperatingsystem,thelecanbenamedasz696ZABXXXXCC00.TVT.

–FortheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,thelecanbenamedasz695ZABXXXXCC00.TVT.

Note:TheABdeterminesthecompatibilityofthePredesktopArea.TheXXXXrepresentsthebuild ID.TheCCrepresentsthelanguage.

Theinstallationexecutablecontainsaleandthepdaversion.txtle.Thepdaversion.txtlecontains theminimumversionofthePredesktopAreathatcanworkwiththatversionoftheWindowsoperating system.TheinstallationexecutablewilllookforaPredesktopArealeusingthefollowinglogic:

–OldPredesktopArea(theRescueandRecovery1.0or2.Xprogram)existsornoPredesktopArea

exists:TheinstallerwilllookforaTVTlewithacompatibilitycode,forexampleAAorAB,thatisequal totheminimumversioncompatibilitycodeandalevelthatisgreaterthanorequaltotheminimum version.AllotherversioneldsintheTVTlenamemustmatchtheminimumversionexactly.Ifale meetingthesecriteriaisnotfound,theinstallationwillbehalted.

–New(theRescueandRecovery3.0orlaterprogram)PredesktopAreaexists:Theinstallerwill

comparethecurrentPredesktopAreacompatibilitycodewiththeminimumversioncompatibilitycode andtakethefollowingactionsbasedontheresults:

–Thecurrentcodeisgreaterthantheminimumcode.Theinstallerpresentsamessage,sayingthat

thecurrentenvironmentisnotcompatiblewiththisversionoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram.

–Thecurrentcodeisequaltotheminimumcode.Theinstallercomparesthecurrentversionlevel

withtheminimumversionlevel.Ifthecurrentlevelisgreaterthanorequaltotheminimumlevel,the installerlooksforaTVTlewithacompatibilitycode,forexampleAAorAB,thatisequaltothe minimumversioncompatibilitycodeandalevelthatisgreaterthanthecurrentversionlevel.All otherversioneldsintheTVTlenamemustmatchtheminimumversionexactly.Ifitdoesnotnd ale,theinstallationprocesscontinueswithoutupdatingthePredesktopArea.Ifthecurrentlevelis lessthantheminimumlevel,theinstallerwilllookforaTVTlewithacompatibilitycode,forexample AAorAB,thatisequaltotheminimumversioncompatibilitycodeandalevelthatisgreaterthanor equaltotheminimumversionlevel.AllotherversioneldsintheTVTlenamemustmatchthe minimumversionexactly.Ifalemeetingthesecriteriaisnotfound,theinstallationwillbehalted.

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–Thecurrentcodeislessthantheminimumcode.TheinstallerwilllookforaTVTlewitha

compatibilitycode,forexampleAA,AB,thatisequaltotheminimumversioncompatibilitycode andalevelthatisgreaterthanorequaltotheminimumversion.AllotherversioneldsintheTVT lenamemustmatchtheminimumversionexactly.Ifalemeetingthesecriteriaisnotfound, theinstallationwillbehalted.

•PredesktopArealanguagepacks(approximately5–30MBeach)Thereare16languagepacksfor WindowsPEthataresupportedintheRescueandRecovery4.23program.Eachlanguagepackis namedinaformatsimilartothefollowingexample:

z696ZABXXXXCC00.tvt

TheXXXXisthebuildID.TheCCrepresentsthelanguage.Oneoftheselesisrequired,ifthePredesktop Areaisbeinginstalledonanon-Englishsystemorasystemwithanon-supportedlanguage.The PredesktopArealanguagelemustbeinthesamedirectoryasthemaininstallationandtheUS PredesktopAreaTVTle.IfthePredesktopAreaisbeinginstalledorupdatedandalanguagepackis required,theinstallationlooksfortheminimumleveloflanguagepackrequiredinaversionlecontained withintheinstallationexecutable.TheinstallationalsolooksforalanguagepackTVTlethatisgreater thananycurrentlanguagepackthatisalreadyinstalledandgreaterthanorequaltotheminimum versionrequired.

ThefollowingtableprovidesthelanguagessupportedintheRescueandRecovery4.23programandthe representationforminthelename.

Table3.

LanguagesRepresentationforminthelename

BrazilianPortugueseBR

DanishDK

DutchNL

EnglishEN

FinnishFI

FrenchFR

GermanGR

ItalianIT

JapaneseJP

KoreanKR

Norwegian

Portuguese

RussianRU

SpanishSP

SwedishSV

SimpliedChineseSC

TraditionalChineseTC

RescueandRecoverycustomizedpublicproperties

TheinstallationpackagefortheRescueandRecoveryprogramcontainsasetofcustomizedpublic propertiesthatcanbesetinthecommandlinewhenrunningtheinstallation.Theavailablecustomized publicpropertiesare:

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Table4.

PropertyDescription

PDA

CIMPROVIDERSpecieswhethertoinstalltheCommonInformation

EMULATIONMODESpecieswhethertoinstallinemulationmodeevenifa

HALTIFTPMDISABLED

SpecieswhethertoinstallthePredesktopArea.

Thepossiblevaluesare:

•1:installPredesktopArea

•0:donotinstallPredesktopArea

Thedefaultvalueis1.

Note:Thissettingisnotusedifanyversionofthe PredesktopAreaalreadyexists.

Model(CIM)Providercomponent.

UseCIMPROIVIDER=1inthecommandlinetoinstallthe component.

Thedefaultsettingisnottoinstallthecomponent.

TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)exists.

UseEMULATIONMODE=1inthecommandlinetoinstallin emulationmode.

Thedefaultsettingofthispropertyistoproceedthe installationinemulationmode,iftheTPMisinadisabled stateandtheinstallationisrunninginsilentmode.

UseHAL TIFTPMDISABLED=1whenrunningtheinstallationin silentmodetohalttheinstallationiftheTPMisdisabled.

ENABLETPMUseENABLETPM=0inthecommandlinetopreventthe

installationfromenablingtheTPM.

SUPERVISORPW

UseSUPERVISORPW="password"inthecommandlineto supplythesupervisorpasswordtoenabletheTPMin silentornon-silentinstallationmode.

IftheTPMisdisabledandtheinstallationisrunningin silentmode,thecorrectsupervisorpasswordmustbe suppliedtoenabletheTPM;otherwisetheTPMwillnot beenabled.

RescueandRecoveryenvironmentalvariables

ThefollowingtablecontainsenvironmentalvariablesthatarecreatedwhentheRescueandRecovery programisinstalled.Thesevariablescanbeusedwhencreatingscriptsorwhenchangingtoadesired directoryfromacommandprompt.Forexample,tochangetotheRescueandRecoveryfolderfroma commandprompt,typeCD%rr%andpressEnter.

Table5.

EnvironmentalvariableDirectory

%rr%

%SWSHARE%c:\SWSHARE

c:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery

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Table5.(continued)

EnvironmentalvariableDirectory

%TVT%

%TVTCOMMON%c:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo

c:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo

Note:Foracompletelistofvariables,runthesetcommandonacomputerthathastheRescueand Recoveryprograminstalled.

IncludingtheRescueandRecoveryprograminadiskimage

YoucancreateadiskimagethatincludestheRescueandRecoveryprogram.Thisdeploymentguidetakes PowerQuestandGhostasexamples.

Note:Ifyouplantocreateanimage,youmustcapturetheMasterBootRecord.TheMasterBootRecordis criticalfortheRescueandRecoveryenvironmenttofunctioncorrectly.

UsingPowerQuestDriveImagebasedtoolswiththeRescueand Recoveryprogram

IfthePowerQuestDeployCentertool,PQIMGCTR,isinstalledintheX:\PQdirectory,youcancreateand deployanimageusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramwiththefollowingscripts:

Minimumscriptles

Table6.X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT

ScriptlanguageResult

SELECTDRIVE1

SELECTPARTITIONALL(Neededifyouhaveatype12partition

orifyouhavemultiplepartitionsinyourimage.)

Storewithcompressionhigh

Table7.X:\PQ\RRDEPL Y .TXT

ScriptlanguageResult

SELECTDRIVE1

DELETEALL

SELECTFREESPACEFIRST

SELECTIMAGEALL

RESTORE

Selectstherstharddiskdrive.

Selectsallpartitions.

Storestheimage.

Selectstherstharddiskdrive.

Deletesallpartitions.

Selectstherstfreespace.

Selectsallpartitionsinimage.

Restorestheimage.

Imagecreation

Table8.X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR/CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT/MBI=1/IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI

ScriptlanguageResult

SELECTDRIVE1

X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR

/CMD=X:\PQ\RRUSAVE.TXT

/MBI=1

/IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI

Selectstherstharddiskdrive.

Createstheimageprogram.

CreatesthePowerQuestscriptle.

CapturestheRescueandRecoveryBootManager.

Createstheimagele.

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Imagedeployment

Table9.X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR/CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPL Y .TXT/MBI=1/IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI

ScriptlanguageResult

SELECTDRIVE1

X:\PQ\PQIMGCTR

/CMD=X:\PQ\RRDEPL Y.TXT

/MBR=1

/IMG=X:\IMAGE.PQI

Selectsrstharddiskdrive.

Createstheimageprogram.

CreatesthePowerQuestscriptle.

RestorestheRescueandRecoveryBootManager.

Createstheimagele.

UsingSymantecGhostbasedtoolswiththeRescueandRecovery program

WhenyoucreatetheGhostimage,youmustusethecommandlineswitch-ibtocapturetheRescueand RecoveryBootManager.Also,theimagemustcapturethewholediskandallpartitions.Refertothe documentationprovidedbySymantecforspecicdetailsonGhost.

CompatibilitywithBitLocker

ToachievecompatibilitywithBitLockerDriveEncryption,itisrecommendedtoinstalltheRescueand RecoveryprogramtoyouroperatingsystemafterthepartitionsareproperlysetupwiththeMicrosoft BitlockerDrivePreparationTool.

WhensettinguptheBitLockerpartition,itisrecommendedtousetheMicrosoftBitLockerDrivePreparation Tool.Thebootpartitionshouldbeatleast2GBinsize.

IfyoudonotusetheBitLockerDrivePreparationT ooltopreparetheBitLockerpartition,youmusthavetwo partitionsonyoursystemwheninstallingtheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem.Onepartitionshouldbe2 GBandmarkedasactive;thisiswherethebootlesreside.Theotheriswhereyouroperatingsystemis installedandwhereyourdatawillreside.WhentheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemisinstalled,itwilldetect thetwopartitionsandinstallonlythebootlestothesmallerpartition.Bothpartitionsshouldbetype0x07.

CompatibilitywithBitLockerwithoutTPM

IftheTPMisnotactivatedintheBIOSSetupUtility,toachievecompatibilitywithBitLockerwithoutTPM, dothefollowing:

1.Rungpedit.mscfromtheStartmenu.TheGroupPolicyEditorwindowopens.

2.ClickComputerConguration➙WindowsComponents➙BitLockerDriveEncryption➙ OperatingSystemDrives.

3.EnabletheRequireadditionalauthenticationatstartupoption.

4.SelecttheoptionAllowBitLockerwithoutacompatibleTPM.

BestpracticeofBitLockerencryptiononasystemwiththeRescueand Recoveryprogram

TohavetheRescueandRecoveryprogramworkcorrectlywithBitLockerintheWindowsVistaoperating system,thebestpracticeis:

1.UninstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramifithasbeeninstalled.

2.RestartthecomputerandusetheBitLockerDrivePreparationTooltopreparethesystemforBitLocker DriveEncryption.

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3.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramandrestartthecomputer.

4.StartBitLockerfromControlPanelandchoosethepartitiontoencrypt.

Note:ItisrecommendedtoencryptonlytheWindowsoperatingsystempartition(usuallydriveC).

5.ClickTurnonBitLocker,andfollowtheinstructiononthescreentoencryptthechosenpartition. Afterthat,arecoverykeyisautomaticallycreated.

6.SavetherecoverykeytoaUSBstoragedevice.

Note:KeeptheUSBstoragedeviceinasecuredplace.Therecoverykeyisneededwhenyouwantto boottotheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemortheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.TheBitLocker encryptionwillbelostiftheharddiskdriveisclearedbytheDiskpartcommandsorotherharddisk drivetools.

7.Waituntiltheencryptionprocesscompletes.Afterthat,youcanusetheRescueandRecoveryprogram toperformbackupandrestoreoperations.

FormoreinformationaboutBitLocker,gototheMicrosoftWebsiteat: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933246/

Notes:

1.WhensettingupBitLockerintheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,theBitLockerpartitionshouldbe placedaftertheWindowsoperatingsystempartitionforbestresults.IfitisplacedbeforetheWindows operatingsystempartition,thepartitionnumberwillneedtobeupdatedintheRescueandRecovery ADMle.

2.WhenrestoringasystemthatisusingtheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemandBitLocker,amessage willbedisplayed,indicatingthattherewasanerroratshutdown.Themessagecanbeignoredand everythingshouldoperatenormally.

3.Y oumightneedtocleartheTPMandencryptthepartitionsagainafterrestoringthesystemfrom abackupwithBitLockerencryption.

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Chapter3.Congurations

ThischapterprovidesinformationthatyouwillneedtoconguretheRescueandRecoveryprogramfor yourenterprise.Withinthischapter,youwillndthefollowingtopics:

•“XMLandADMlecongurations”onpage17

•“Recoverymethods”onpage17

•“Backups”onpage21

•“CongurationsintheRescueandRecoveryWindowsenvironment”onpage27

•“CongurationsintheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopArea”onpage30

•“Logles”onpage52

Note:Makesurethatthesystemisconnectedtoanacpoweradapterbeforeinitiatingabackup,restore, rejuvenate,orarchiveprocedure.Failuretodosocanresultindatalossoranirretrievablesystemfailure.

XMLandADMlecongurations

CongurationsfortheRescueandRecoveryprogramaredonewiththeXMLle,throughtheregistry,and withActiveDirectory.OncetheXMLleiscustomizedandinstalled,settingsfortheRescueandRecovery programaremanagedwiththeregistryorActiveDirectory.

Recoverymethods

Withinthissection,youwillndinformationforrestoretypesandrecoverymethodssuchasrejuvenation andcustomrecovery.Thefollowingmethodsareusedforrestoringles:

•“Singlelerestore”onpage17

•“Filerescue”onpage18

•“Operatingsystemandapplicationsrestore”onpage18

•“Rejuvenation”onpage18

•“Fullrestore”onpage19

•“Customrecovery”onpage19

Notes:

1.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramcannotcapturecachedcredentialsforadomainuserafterarestore operation.

2.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramcannotrestorepartitionsthatarecreatedandplacedphysically beforethesystemdrive.

Singlelerestore

ThesinglelerestoreoperationpromptstheuserfortheBackupStoragelocation,andthentheuserselects abackup.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramwilldisplaylesthattheuserisauthorizedtoaccess.The userthenselectstheles,folders,orbothtoberestoredandthesystemwillrestorethemtotheiroriginal locations.

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Filerescue

Thelerescueoperationisusedbeforetherestoreoperation.Itpromptstheuserforthebackupstorage locationandthentheuserselectsabackup.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramwilldisplaythelesthatthe currentuserisauthorizedtoaccess.Theuserthenselectstheles,folders,orbothtoberescued.Excluding thelocalharddiskdrive,thesystemwilldisplayavailablelelocationswherethelescanberescued.The userwillneedtochooseadestinationwithsufcientspacefortherescuedlesandthesystemrestoreles.

Operatingsystemandapplicationsrestore

TheRestoreonlytheWindowsOperatingsystemandApplicationsfromabackuprestoreoperation givestheusertheoptiontoselectabackupbeforethesystemdeletesles.Filesdesignatedtobedeleted aredenedbytherulesintheregistry.Whenabackuphasbeenselected,thesystemwillrestoretheles denedbytheregistryfromtheselectedbackup.Thereareoptionsintheregistrylethatcanspecifya programtorunbeforearestoreoperationorafterarestoreoperation.SeetheXML/ADMSupplementinside theThinkVantageTechnologiesAdministratorT oolsformoreinformationaboutregistrysettingsandvalues.

Notes:

1.TheRestoreonlytheWindowsOperatingsystemandApplicationsfromabackuprestoreoperation alwaysusepasswordpersistence.

2.TheRestoreonlytheWindowsOperatingsystemandApplicationsfromabackuprestoreoperation isnotavailablefromCD/DVDbackup.

Youcanaddcustomtaskstorunbeforeandafterbothbackupandrestoreoperations.SeetheXML/ADM SupplementinsidetheThinkVantageTechnologiesAdministratorToolsforthebackupandrestoresettings.

Rejuvenation

Whenyouneedtorejuvenateyoursystem,theRescueandRecoveryprogramwilloptimizesystem performancebytakinganewincrementalbackupandthendefragmentyourharddiskdrive.Therejuvenation processhelpseliminateviruses,adwareandspyware,whilemaintainingyourcurrentsettingsanddata.

Torejuvenateyoursystem,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheRescueandRecoveryinterface,clickRestoreyoursystemfromabackup.TheRestoreyour systemwindowisdisplayed.

2.IntheRestoreyoursystemwindow,selectRejuvenateyoursystem.

3.T ochoosethedriveandbackupthatyouwanttousetorejuvenateyoursystem,dothefollowing:

a.Selecttheappropriatedrivefromthedrop-downlistoftheavailabledrives.Backuplesonthe

selecteddrivearedisplayedintheRescueandRecoveryinterface.

b.Selectthebackuplethatyouwanttousetorejuvenateyoursystem.

c.ClickNext.

d.Conrmthattheselectedbackupistheonethatyouwanttousetorejuvenateyoursystem,and

thenclickNexttobegintherestoreoperation.

Note:Donotturnoffyourcomputerduringthisoperation.

e.ClickOK.Aprogressbarisdisplayed.

Youcanaddcustomtaskstoruneitherbeforeorafterarejuvenateoperation.SeetheXML/ADM SupplementinsidetheThinkVantageTechnologiesAdministratorT oolsfortherejuvenationsettings.

Note:Someoperatingsystemsettingsarestoredintheregistry.Consideringrejuvenationrestoresyour registryfromabackupandrestorescertainregistrykeyscapturedfromthecurrentsystemsettings,youmay ndsomeinconsistenciesaftertherejuvenationprocess.Forexample,ifafolderissharedafterthecreation

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ofabackup,thenafteryouusethebackuptoperformarejuvenatingoperation,thefolderwillstillbein asharedstatus.Also,ifyouhaveasharedfolderatthetimeoftherejuvenateprocessbutitwasnotin thebackup,thefolderwillstillbesharedafterrejuvenationnishes.

Fullrestore

Thefullrestoreoperationdeletesalllesonthelocaldrive,andthenrestoresthelesfromtheselected backup.IfPasswordPersistenceisselected,themostrecentavailablepasswordwillberestored.

Customrecovery

AsanextensionoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,customrecoverytechnologyhasbeenaddedtothe recoveryprocess.UserswillinteractwiththiscustomrecoverymethodthroughtheRescueandRecovery programandtheLenovoBaseSoftwareSelectorprogram.Byperformingacustomrecovery,usershavethe optionofincludingandexcludingindividualcomponentssuchasapplications,devicedriversoroperating systemsaspartoftherecoveryprocess.Administratorswilldenewhatoptionsauserwillhaveduringa customrecoveryprocesswiththeThinkVantageBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram.

TheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogramisaversatilesoftwareutilitythatyoucanusetoaccomplish customrecoveryandpreinstallationrelatedtasks.WiththeBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram,youcan customizetherecoveryprocessforusersandyoucancreatepersonalizationlesusedtoautomatethe preinstallationsetupforWindowsoperatingsystems.

Customizingtherecoveryprocess

Intoday'selectronicenvironment,computersystemsarethreatenedbymaliciousactivitywiththe distributionofviruses,worms,andTrojanhorses.Technologiesandanti-virusprogramshavebeenimproved intheghtagainstmaliciousactivities;however,therearetimeswhenthesoftwareonacomputerwill needtoberenewedbyremovingmaliciouslesandstartingover.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramis avaluabletoolintherenewalprocessbyprovidingmethodstorestoreacomputerintheeventthatthe computerissold,recycled,transferredtoanotherareaorneedstobeputinanoperationalstateafterall othermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.

Varioustypesofrecoverymethodscanbeusedtorenewcomputersystems.TheBaseSoftware Administratorprogramutilizesthefullfactoryrecoverymethodandthecustomfactoryrecoverymethod.The fullfactoryrecoverymethodrestoresthefactorycontentsoftheharddiskdrivethatconsistofcomponents suchasapplications,devicedrivers,andtheoperatingsystem.Factorycomponentsareinstalledatthe factorypriortothepurchaseofacomputer.UsingtheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram,youcan controltherecoveryoptionsthatareavailabletotheuserduringtherecoveryprocess.Thefollowinglist providestherecoverymethodsthatyoucandesignateausertoperform:

•Fullfactoryrecoveryonly

•Customfactoryrecoveryonly

•Eitherafullfactoryrecoveryoracustomfactoryrecovery

Componentsconsistofapplications,devicedrivers,andoperatingsystems.Thesecomponentsareina custompackagedformatandarecontainedintheservicepartitionofthecomputer.Fromarecovery standpoint,componentsarecategorizedasfollows:

•Requiredcomponentsthatarealwaysinstalleduponrecovery.

•OptionalcomponentsthataredisplayedfortheuserontheBaseSoftwareSelectormenu.

•Restrictedcomponentsthatarenotinstalleduponrecoveryandarenotdisplayedtotheenduser.

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Manifestles

Customizingtherecoveryprocessiscontrolledwithmanifestles.TheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram cancreatecustommanifestles.Manifestleshavetheextensionof.c,andcontaininformationabout thecomponentswithintheservicepartitionwheretheyresides.Manifestlesalsocontroltheselections availabletotheuserduringacustomrecoveryoperation.Theinformationcontainedinamanifestle includescomponentcategorizationsuchasrequired,optional,andrestricted.Inaddition,manifestles containmeta-data,suchasdescriptionsandcomments.

Preinstallationsetup

Toaccomplishpreinstallationsetup,youcanusetheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogramtocreate personalizationles.Apersonalizationlehastheleextensionof.perandcontainsinformationneeded toautomatethepreinstallationsetupforWindowsoperatingsystems.Therecoveryprocessreadsthe personalizationle,extractsthedatafromthepersonalizationleandplacesthedatainthecorrect Windowscontrolles.Y oucansavetimeandeffortbyusingtheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogramto customizepersonalizationlesandthendeployingthosepersonalizationlesontousercomputers.For example,youcancreateapersonalizationletosettheTimeZoneforWindowsoperatingsystemsand thendeploythatpersonalizationletoauser'scomputer;therefore,theuserwillnotneedtomanually validatetheTimeZonesettings.

Personalizationles

PersonalizationlesarecustomizedbydeningthesettingswiththeBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram. Thefollowingtablesprovideadescriptionofeachtypeofsettingthatcanbedened.

Thegeneralsettingstableprovidesthesettingsusedtodenetheusername,organizationandtimezone foracomputer:

Table10.Generalsettings

SettingWindowscontrollekeywordDescription

NameFullName=

OrganizationOrgName=Setstheorganizationthecomputer

TimezoneTimeZone=

Setstheusernameforthecomputer.

belongsto,suchasaspecic departmentorlocation.

Setsthetimezoneforthecomputer.

Thenetworksettingstableprovidesthesettingsusedtoassignthecomputername,administratorpassword andtheworkgroupordomainofthedestinationcomputer:

Table11.Networksettings

SettingWindowscontrollekeywordDescription

ComputernameComputerName=Setsthenameforthecomputer.

AdministratorpasswordAdminPassword=

EncryptedadministratorpasswordEncryptedAdminPassword=

WorkgroupJoinWorkgroup=

DomainJoinDomain=

DomainadministratorDomainAdmin=

DomainadministratorpasswordDomainAdminPassword=

Setstheadministratorpassword.

Setstheencryptedadministrator password.

Setstheworkgroupforthecomputer.

Setsthedomainforthecomputer.

Setsthedomainadministratorforthe computer.

Setsthedomainadministrator passwordforthecomputer.

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Advancedsettingsareusedtodeneoneormorecommandsthatcanberunatthersttimewhenauser logsontohisorhersystem.

Commandlineinterface

ThefollowingexecutablesupportsacommandlineinterfacefortheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram andissupportedunderWinPEandtheWindowsenvironment:

TBSADMIN.EXE[/DEPLOY[/SILENT][/BOOTSP=YES|NO]

[/MANIFEST="<path>"][/PERSONALIZATION="<path>"]]

ThefollowingtableprovidestheswitchesfortheBaseSoftwareAdministratorprogram.

Table12.Switches

SwitchDescription

/DEPLOYRequiredtotriggeradeployment.If/BOOTSP,/MAN

or/PERisalsospecied,thedeploymentwizardisnot displayed.

/SILENTSuppressesanymessageboxesforerrororsuccessful

completion.(Forreturncodes,seethefollowingtable.)

/BOOTSP

TakesanexplicitYorNvaluetoindicatewhetherthe servicepartitionshouldbesetactive,forexample /BOOTSP=Y.AvalueofNallowstheadministratorto resettheC:partitionactiveagain,sorecoverydoesnot automaticallyoccuronnextreboot.

Theexecutablereturnsthefollowingcodes:

Table13.Returncodes

ReturncodeReturnmessage

1Unabletoaccessservicepartition

6Errorsettingservicepartitionactive

Success

Errorcopyingmanifestleintoservicepartition

Errorcopyingpersonalizationleintoservicepartition

Errordeletinglefromservicepartition

ErrorwritingAUTO.TAGleinservicepartition

Backups

ThefollowingsectionsprovidecustomizationinformationforRescueandRecoverybackups.

Schedulingbackupsandassociatedtasks

TheschedulerisnotdesignedtobespecictotheRescueandRecoveryprogram;however,the congurationisstoredintheregistry.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisinstalled,itwillpopulate theschedulerwiththeappropriatesettings.

Thefollowingisadescriptionofthestructureofthescheduler:

•Location:C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo.

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Notes:

1.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramsynchronizesbackupsfromtheprimarybackuplocationtothe secondarybackuplocation(aUSBharddiskdrive,secondharddiskdrive,ornetworkdrive).The previousbackupsonthesecondarybackuplocationwillbeoverwrittenafterthesynchronization.

2.WhencreatingabackuptoaUSBharddiskdriveforthersttimethroughthesimplieduser interface,thebackupoperationwillbecancelledautomatically.BackinguptotheUSBharddisk drivewillbesuccessfulfromthesecondtime.

•Entryforeachscheduledtask.

•Scripttorun.

•Namedpipetobeusedforprogressnotications.Thisisanoptionalsetting.

•Scheduleinformationmonthly,weekly,daily,onweekdays,oronweekends-multipleschedules. TuesdaysandFridays,forexample,canbesupportedbycreatingtwoschedules.

•Parameterstopasstotasks.

FortheRescueandRecoveryprogram,performincrementalbackupsonschedule,withcallbacksbefore andafterthebackupoperation.

IntheRescueandRecoveryADMle,thereisanoptiontoconguretheScheduleT ask1andSchedule Task2settings.Thefollowingregistrykeysmustbeaddedforthescheduledtasks:

•ForScheduleT ask1,thekeyis:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Scheduler\tasks\task1

•ForScheduleT ask2,thekeyis:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Scheduler\tasks\task2

Note:Ifthetaskneedstobeshown,addtheDWORDvaluenamedTaskShowandsetthevalueto1in thekey.Bydefault,tasksarehidden.

Mappinganetworkdriveforbackups

Themappingnetworkdrivefunctionreliesontheregistrysettingslocatedat:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND

TheUniversalNamingConventionentrycontainsthecomputernameandshareofthelocationyouare attemptingtoattach.

TheNetPathentryisoutputfromthemapdrv.exele.Itcontainstheactualnamethatwasusedwhen makingtheconnection.

UserandPwdentriesaretheusernameandpasswordentries.Theyareencrypted.

Thefollowingisanexampleentryformappinganetworkdrive:

UNC=\\server\share

NetPath=\\9 .88 .77 .66\share

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User=11622606415119207723014918505422010521006401209203708202015...

Pwd=11622606415100000000014918505422010521006401209203708202015...

Fordeployment,thislecanbecopiedontomultiplecomputersthatwillusethesameusernameand password.TheUNCentryisoverwrittenbytheRescueandRecoveryprogrambasedonavalueinthe rnrdeploy.xmlle.

Settingupuseraccountsfornetworkbackups

WhentheRRBACKUPSdirectoryiscreatedonthenetworkshare,theservicemakesthedirectorya read-onlyfolder,andassignsitaccessrights,sothatonlytheaccountthatcreatedthefolderhasfull controloverthefolder.

Tocompleteamergeoperation,grantthepermissionstotheuseraccount.Iftheuserlogsinwithan accountotherthantheaccountthatcreatedthefolderinitially,suchastheadministratoraccount,the mergeprocesswillfail.

Sysprepbackuporrestore

PasswordpersistencewillnotworkwithSysprepbackuporrestoreoperations,becauseinaSysprep backupimage,thepasswordpersistenceinformationdoesnotexist.Restartthecomputeraftercompleting aSysprepbackup.TorestorefromtheSysprepbackup,switchtotheadvancedinterfaceoftheRescue andRecoveryprogram,andselectDONOTPRESERVEmyWindowsUserIDandpassword.Donot performtherestoreoperationinthesimpliedinterfacethatisenabledtousethepasswordpersistenceby default.OnlyafullrestoreoperationcanbeperformedwithbasebackupsthatweretakenusingSysprep. Therejuvenateoperation,ortheoperatingsystemandapplicationsrestoreoperationwillnotworkwitha Sysprepbasebackup.

CapturingaSyspreputilityimageinthebasebackup

TheseinstructionsareintheLargeEnterpriseindividuallanguagelesWebpage.T oaccesstheWeb page,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:http://www.lenovo.com/support.NavigatetoThinkVantage Technologies➙RescueandRecovery.SelecttheappropriateversionnumberoftheRescueand Recoveryprogram,andclicktheIndividuallanguagelesforLargeEnterpriselink.

TocaptureaSyspreputilityimageinthebasebackup,dothefollowing:

1.Performanadministrativeinstallation:

::ExtracttheWWWEXEtothedirectoryC:\TVTRR start/WAITz696zisxxxxus.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR (WhereXXXXisthebuildID.) ="C:\TVTRR"REBOOT="R""/w

2.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramusingtheMSIEXEle: a.ForallMSIles,addthefollowinginstallation-loggenerationcode:

/L*v%temp%\rrinstall.txt

b.T oinstallthesetuplesusingtheMSIEXEle,enterthefollowingcommand:

:PerformtheinstallofRescueandRecovery

msiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"

c.TosilentlyinstallthesetuplesusingMSIEXE:Withrebootattheend,enterthefollowingcommand:

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:SilentinstallusingtheMSIwithareboot :Typethefollowingcommandononeline

start/WAITmsiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qn

Withrebootsuppressed,enterthefollowingcommand:

:SilentinstallusingtheMSIwithoutareboot :Typethefollowingcommandononeline

start/WAITmsiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qnREBOOT="R"

3.Enterthefollowingcommands:

:StarttheRescueandRecoveryService netstart"TVTBackupService"

:CreateSysprepBaseBackuptoLocalHardDrive :Typethefollowingcommandononeline

cd"\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery" rrcmdsysprepbackuplocation=lname="SysprepBackup"

Ifyouwanttouseapassword,addthesyntaxpassword=pass.

4.RunyourspecicSysprepimplementationwhenyouseethefollowingmessage:

*************************************************** **Readytotakesysprepbackup.** **PLEASERUNSYSPREPNOWANDSHUTDOWN.** **** **Nexttimethemachineboots,itwillboot** **tothePredesktopAreaandtakeabackup.** ***************************************************

5.ShutdownandrebootthesystemwhenSysprepbackupiscomplete..

Note:TheoperatingsystemwillrebootintothePredesktopAreaoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram. Thestatusbarwiththemessage“SystemRestoreinProgress”willbedisplayed.

6.Restartthesystem.

7.Capturetheimagefordeployment.

CapturingamultiplepartitionsystemandexcludinglesinaSysprepbackup

TocapturemultiplepartitionsinaSyspreputilitybackup,dothefollowing:

1.Performanadministrativeinstallationaction:

::ExtracttheWWWEXEtothedirectoryC:\TVTRR start/WAITz696zisus00xxxx.exe/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR (whereXXXXisthebuildID) ="C:\TVTRR"REBOOT="R""/w

2.Addthefollowingcommandtotheendofthernrdeploy.xmlleinC:\tvtrr\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\Rescue andRecovery:

<Rescue__and__Recovery..Settings..Backuppath ="RescueandRecovery\Settings\Backup">

Toexcludeapartition,addthefollowingtothernrdeploy.xmlle:

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<BackupPartitionsdword="20"/> </Rescue__and__Recovery..Settings..Backup>

Foradditionalinformationonhowtousethernrdeploy.xmlle,refertotheThinkVantageTechnologies XML/ADMSupplement.ThisdocumentcanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoWebsiteat http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr.

3.Ifyouwanttoexcludethe.mpgand.jpglesfromthebackups,settheregistryentrytoincludethem at:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupList.Formoreinformationon includingandexcludingbackupswiththeregistry,see“Conguringregistrysettingstoincludeand excludebackuples”onpage27

4.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramusingMSIEXE:

a.ForallMSIles,addthefollowinginstallation-loggenerationcode:

/L*v%temp%\rrinstall.txt

b.T oinstallthesetuplesusingMSIEXE,typethefollowingcommand:

:PerformtheinstallofRescueandRecovery

msiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"

c.TosilentlyinstallthesetuplesusingMSIEXE:Withrebootattheend,enterthefollowingcommand:

:SilentinstallusingtheMSIwithareboot

:Typethefollowingcommandononeline start/WAITmsiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qn

Withrebootsuppressed,enterthefollowingcommand:

:SilentinstallusingtheMSIwithoutareboot

:Typethefollowingcommandononeline start/WAITmsiexec/i"C:\TVTRR\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qnREBOOT="R"

5.Enterthefollowingcommands:

:StarttheRescueandRecoveryService netstart"TVTBackupService"

:CreateSysprepBaseBackuptoLocalHardDrive

:Typethefollowingcommandononeline

cd"\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery" rrcmdsysprepbackuplocation=Lname="SysprepBaseBackup"

Ifyouwanttouseapassword,addthesyntaxpassword=pass.

6.RunyourspecicSysprepimplementationwhenyouseethefollowingmessage:

*************************************************** **Readytotakesysprepbackup.** **PLEASERUNSYSPREPNOWANDSHUTDOWN.** ****

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**Nexttimethemachineboots,itwillboot** **tothePredesktopAreaandtakeabackup.** ***************************************************

7.ShutdownandrebootthesystemwhenSysprepbackupiscomplete.

Note:TheoperatingsystemwillrebootintothePredesktopAreaoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram. ThestatusbarwiththemessageSystemRestoreinProgresswillbedisplayed.

8.Restartthesystem.

9.Capturetheimagefordeployment.

SupportedSysprepmultipledrivecongurations

WindowsPEdriveenumerationmaybedifferentfromtheWindowsmainoperatingsystemenumerationfor primarypartitions.Ifyouwishtobackupapartitionotherthantheprimarypartition,forexampleC:\,you mustsettheBackuppartitiontypetoExtended.

Note:ASysprepbackupoperationwillfailifthedrivelettersofthepartitionsarechangedaftertheSysprep backupoperationstarts.

Passwordpersistence

Thefollowingtableshowsconsiderationsfordecidingwhethertousepasswordpersistence.

Table14.Passwordpersistenceconsiderations

IssueImpactifpasswordpersistenceisenabled

Ifauserlogsintoanoldbackupwiththecurrentaccount andpassword,thennoneoftheEncryptedFilesystemles andfolderswillworkbecausethoseleswereencrypted againsttheoriginalaccountandpassword,butnotthe currentaccountandpassword.

Ifauserdoesnotexistonabackup,theuserwillnothave anyofuserfoldersorles.AllInternetExplorerfavorites andapplicationdatadonotexist.

DeletingtheuserIDinthecurrentaccountsandpasswords willremovetheuserIDauthenticationinformationfromall thebackups.

Ifamanageroranetworkadministratorwantedtodelete theaccessofseveralex-employeesandwantedtorestore tothebasebackuptoresetthesystemtoremoveallof theemployeesauthenticationaccounts,theex-employees wouldstillhaveaccesswithpasswordpersistence.

•TheuserwillloseEncryptedFileSystemdata.

•YoucannotuseEncryptedFileSystemandpassword persistencetogether.

•TheUserIDdocumentssettingsarenotset.

•Potentialdataloss

•Userdoesnothaveaccesstodata.

•ThisisnotastandardoperationoftheMicrosoftUser IDmaintenancepracticesandrecommendations.

Whenrestoringfromalocalharddiskdrive,thecurrentpasswordwillbeusedwhenPasswordPersistence isselected.WhenrestoringfromtheUSBharddiskdriveorthenetwork,thepasswordofthemostrecent backupwillbeused.

EFSlelimitation

ThedateandtimestampattributesarenotpreservedforEFSlesrestoredbytheRescueandRecovery program.Allotherleswillretaintheiroriginaldateandtime.

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Batterypowersettingsforbackups

WiththecorrespondingADMleinstalledfortheRescueandRecoveryprogram,ifyouhavetheBattery PercentRequirementsetinGroupPolicyat1%inthefollowingADMpath:ThinkVantage\Rescueand Recovery\Settings\Backup,andthesystemthatyouareattemptingtobackuphas1%remainingbattery power,settheNoBatterypolicysettingatthefollowinglocationtoHide:

ThinkVantage\RescueandRecovery\Settings\UserMessages

FormoreinformationonconguringActiveDirectoryfortheRescueandRecovery programusingGroupPolicy,seetheaccompanyingXML/ADMSupplementforthe deploymentguidelocatedontheThinkVantageT echnologiesAdministratorT oolspage: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

MicrosoftMessageQueuing(MSMQ)

IfyouareusingMSMQ,youmighthaveproblemsstartingtheserviceafterperformingarestoreoperation fromanincrementalbackup.ThatishowtheRescueandRecoveryprogramknowswhatleshavechanged, soitcancreatebackups.Thus,ifallthoselesarenotbackeduponanincrementalbackup,thentheles couldgetoutofsynchronizationandcausetheservicetofail.Thefollowingaresomeregistrysettingsthat runacommandbeforetheRescueandRecoveryprogramtakesabackupthatsetstheArchivebitonallles intheMSMQdirectory.Thismeanstheentiredirectorywillbebackeduponeveryincrementalbackup.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\Backup \PreBackup] "Pre"="cmd" "PreParameters"="/cattrib+A\"%windir%\\system32\\msmq\\*.*\"/S/D" "PreShow"=dword:00000000

CongurationsintheRescueandRecoveryWindowsenvironment

ThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationonusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramintheWindows environmentandinthePredesktopArea.

Settingthebasebackuplocation

Tosetabasebackuplocationassoonasaninstallationiscomplete,congurethefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\runbasebackuplocation DWord=locationvalue

Conguringregistrysettingstoincludeandexcludebackuples

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramcanincludeandexcludeanindividualle,afolder,oranentirepartition. WiththeRescueandRecovery4.23program,thesecapabilitiesarecontrolledbythefollowingregistry entriesthataretheREG_MUL TI_SZtype:

•

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupList

•

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\ExcludeList

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•

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\OSAppsList

BackupList

Theregistryentryformatis:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupList

•Onelineperinclude/excluderuleentry.

•Ifmorethanonesettingisappliedtoaleorfolder,thelastsettingappliedisused.Entriesatthebottom oftheregistryentrytakeprecedence.

•Entriesmuststartwith:

–;foracomment

–Iforincludinglesorfoldersthatmatchtheentry

–Xforexcludinglesorfoldersthatmatchtheentry

–SforincludingSingleInstanceStorageinaleorafolder

–iforlesorfoldersthatyoucanchoosetoinclude

–xforlesorfoldersthatyoucanchoosetoexclude

–sforlesorfoldersthattheusercanchoosetoaddtoSingleStorage

Thefollowingareexamplesofentries:

S=* X=*

i=* I=*.ocx I=*.dll I=*.exe I=*.ini I=*.drv I=*.com I=*.sys I=*.cpl I=*.icm I=*.lnk I=*.hlp I=*.cat I=*.xml I=*.jre I=*.cab I=*.sdb I=*.bat I=?:\ntldr I=?:\peldr I=?:\bootlog.prv I=?:\bootlog.txt I=?:\bootsect.dos I=?:\WINNT\* I=?:\WINDOWS\* X=?:\WINDOWS\pref etch\* I=?:\minint\* I=?:\preboot\* I=?:\ApplicationData\*

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I=?:\DocumentsandSettings\* I=?:\ProgramFiles\* I=?:\msapps\*

X=?:\Recycled X=?:\RECYCLER

x=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\Cookies\* x=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\LocalSettings\History\* X=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\LocalSettings\T emp\* x=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\LocalSettings\T emporaryInternetFiles\* x=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\Desktop\* x=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\MyDocuments\*

s=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\Desktop\*

s=?:\DocumentsandSettings\*\MyDocuments\*

x=*.vol

s=*.vol

ExcludeList

Withinthissectionoftheregistry,youcanchoosetoexcludesoftwareapplicationsfromtherecovery processinitiatedbytheRescueandRecoveryprogram.ThisGUIexcludelistismanagedthroughthe registryat:HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\ExcludeList.

OSAppsList

TheRescueandRecovery4.23programprovidestheabilitytoselectivelyrestoreparticularlesand folderswhendoinganoperatingsystemandapplicationsrestoreoperationthroughthefollowingregistry keysettings:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\OSAppsList

TheOSAppsListsettingwilldenewhatles,folders,orletypescomprisetheoperatingsystemand applications.Thissettingcanbecustomizedbytheadministratorandadefaultexternallewillbeprovided. Whentheuserchoosestorecovertheoperatingsystem,theywillseeamenuthatallowsthemtochoose Restore.

Onlylesthatmatchtherulescontainedintheexternallewillberestored.Theadministratorcancustomize thecontentsoftheexternalle.

ConguringtheRescueandRecoveryuserinterface

TheRescueandRecoveryuserinterfaceprovidestheoptiontoswitchbetweenthesimplieduserinterface andtheadvanceduserinterface.Thesimplieduserinterfacehasafewbasicoptions,whiletheadvanced userinterfacehasextendedoptions.Bydefault,youwillseethesimplieduserinterfaceeachtimewhenthe RescueandRecoveryprogramstartsunlessthesettingisdisabled.

IftheSimpleUserInterfacesettingisdisabled,theadvanceduserinterfacewillbedisplayedeachtime whentheRescueandRecoveryprogramstarts.Youcandisablethesimplieduserinterfaceusingthe followingActiveDirectorypolicy:

ThinkVantage\RescueandRecovery\UserInterf ace\SimpleUserInterf ace

Youcandisableinterfaceswitchingsothatauserwillnotbeabletoswitchbetweenthetwointerfaces.To disabletheinterfaceswitching,setthefollowingActiveDirectorypolicytoDisabled:

ThinkVantage\RescueandRecovery\UserInterf ace\Interf aceSwitching

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ForadditionalinformationaboutRescueandRecoverysettingsandworkingwithActive DirectoryandGroupPolicy,seetheXML/ADMSupplementinsidetheThinkVantage TechnologiesAdministratorTools,whichcanbedownloadedfromthefollowingWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

CongurationsintheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopArea

TocustomizepartsoftheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopArea,usetherrutil.exeprogramtogetlesfrom andputlestothePredesktopAreaortheprotectedbackupsfolder.

Note:ThePredesktopAreacanbemanuallystartediftheoperatingsystemdoesnotstart.

Thelesordirectoriesalongwiththeircustomizationoptionsarelistedinthefollowingtable:

Table15.RRUTIL.exelesandcustomizationoptions

FileorDirectoryCustomizationoptions

\MININT\SYSTEM32WINBOM.INI

\MININT\INF

\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

MAINBK.BMP

MINIMAL_TOOLBAR(1).INI

NORM1.INIConguretheOperabrowser,disabletheOperaaddressbar,change

OPERA_010.CMD

OPERA6.INIConguretheOperabrowserordisabletheaddressbar.

PDAGUIxx.INI(wherexxisthelanguage designation)

STANDARD_MENU.INIEnabletodisplaytheSaveAswindow.

AddastaticIPaddress;changevideoresolution. Note:Ifyoucustomizethewinbom.inilefortheRescueand Recoveryprogram,youmustcustomizeallwinbom.iniles.

Adddevicedrivers.

Modifyenvironmentbackground.

Disabletheaddressbar.

Operaproxysettings,specifyxeddownloaddirectory,addspecic leextensiontothedownloadableleslistorchangebehaviorofles withspecicextensions.

Excludeusers'favorites.

Prebootenvironment:mainGUIfonts,environmentbackground,left andrightpanelentriesandfunctions,andHTML-basedhelpsystem.

WindowsVistaconsiderations

The\minintdirectorydoesnotexistontheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemwiththeRescueandRecovery programinstalled.ThenewfolderintheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemiscalled\tvtosandtheentire preinstallationenvironmentoperatingsystemiscontainedinaWIMle.

FortheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,youneedtoobtaintheimagex.exeleintheMicrosoftOPK(OEM PreinstallationKit)toedittheWIMle.

Note:Consideringthisformattingdevelopment,usethescenarioin“Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMles andWindowsVista”onpage83 theWindowsVistaoperatingsystem.

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UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility

TheRRUTIL.EXEutilityisdesignedtoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryservicepartitionandvirtualpartition data.Thisutilitywillworkwithbothvirtualpartitionsandtype12partitions.Thisutilityallowsadministrators tocustomizethePredesktopArea.OnlyanAdministratorusercanusethisutilitybydefault.

TheRRUTIL.EXEutilityworkswiththeRescueandRecoverylterdriveronavirtualpartition,andmounts type12partitionasadriveinordertogainaccess.

Note:TheRRUTIL.EXEutilityfortheRescueandRecovery4.23programisnotbackwardscompatiblewith earlierversionsoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram.

Youcanobtaintherrutil.exelefromthefollowingWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

Touserrutil.exe,dothefollowing:

1.Copyrrutil.exetotherootoftheCdrive.

2.Createagetlist.txtlewiththefollowingsyntax:

\preboot\usrintfc\lename

Savetheleasc:\temp\getlist.txt.

3.Atacommandprompt,typetherrutil.execommandanditsswitchoptionsdenedinthefollowingtable.

Table16.Commandandswitchoptions

CommandandswitchoptionsResult

RRUTIL-l1

Listthecontentsofprebootdirectory.

RRUTIL-l2

RRUTIL-l4

RRUTIL-gc:\temp\getlist.txtC:\temp

RRUTIL-dc:\temp\dellist.txtDeletelesfromtheprebootpartition.

RRUTIL-pc:\temp

RRUTIL-rpath\oldname.extnewname.ext

RRUTIL-bpc:\temp

RRUTIL-blpath

RRUTIL-blliststoc:\rr-list.txt

rrutil-blc:\rrtemp

RRUTIL-bgc:\temp\bgetlist.txtC:\temp

RRUTIL-bs

Listthecontentsofminintdirectory.

ListthecontentsoftherootoftheCdriveorroot ofType-12partition.

Getlesfromprebootpartition.

Addorreplacelesintheprebootpartition.

RenamealeinthePredesktopArea.

UpdateorreplacelesinRRBACKUPSvirtual partition.

ListtheRRBACKUPSdirectory.

Copyindividuallesfrom\RRBACKUPS.

DisplayspaceusedbyRRBackupsdirectory.

4.AfteryouhaveperformedtheGETroutine,youcanthenedittheleusingastandardtexteditor.

Thisutilityallowsadministratorstoperformthefollowingfunctions:

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•“ViewingthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea”onpage32

•“GettinglesfromthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea”onpage32

•“PuttinglestothedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea”onpage33

•“DeletinglesfromthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea”onpage33

•“RenaminglesinthePredesktopArea”onpage34

•“TestingtheRescueandRecoveryprograminthePredesktopArea”onpage34

•“Viewingthe\RRbackupsdirectory”onpage34

•“Gettinglesfromthe\RRbackupsdirectory”onpage35

•“Puttinglestothe\RRbackupsdirectory”onpage35

•“Displayingthebackupspace”onpage36

ViewingthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea

Toexportalistofthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectorycontentsineitherthevirtualortype12partition, dothefollowing:

1.Thedataiswrittenasatextstreamofallthelesineachsubdirectorytoalenameddirlist.txtina

directorynamesuppliedbytheuser,ortotherootofdrivec:\ifnopathisgiven.

2.ThisistheequivalentofthefollowingDOSstylecommand("dir*/s>c:\temp\dirlist.txt")inthe directoryofinterest.ListingofthecontentsoftherootofthePEpartitionis"dir*>c:\temp\dirlist.txt" only.Example:

Directoryof\

10/20/0300:00:00AM42AUTOEXEC.ICR 03/12/0400:00:00AM42AUTOEXEC.bat 03/10/0400:00:00AM165BOOT.INI 08/16/0200:00:00AM53786COMMAND.COM 12/16/0300:00:00AM222CONFIG.ICR 12/16/0300:00:00AM222CONFIG.SYS 04/06/0000:00:00AM655FINDDRV.BAT 09/17/0300:00:00AM14320HIMEM.SYS

3.Anoptionalcommandlineinputwillbeatextletocapturetheoutputofthisoption.

4.Samplecommand:

RRUTIL/lx[<path>dirlist.txt]

Thefollowinglistprovidesthevaluesforx:

•1\preboot

•2\minint

•4<rootofc:\orrootoftype12partition>

Multiplelistingswouldbesimpleadditionofeachx.Thus,\prebootand\minintwouldbeavalueof3. Forexample,thedirlist.txtlecontentsareasfollows:

\minint\system32\drivers*.sys \preboot\startup\*.*

GettinglesfromthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea

Tocopyindividuallesfromthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectoryineitherthevirtualortype12partition, dothefollowing:

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1.Atextleidentiesthelesthatshouldbecopiedtoalocationspeciedinthecommandline.

2.The<copytolocation>mustbeanexistingdirectorythatwillreceivethelesfromthePredesktopArea. TheleswillbecopiedintothisdirectoryinthesametreestructureastheyarefoundinthePredesktop Area.Thiswillavoidcopyinglesoverexistingleswiththesamename.

3.Samplecommand:

RRUTIL/g<path>getlist.txt<copytolocation>

getlist.txtcontents:

\PELDR

\preboot\startup\Restore.cmd \preboot\usrintfc\PDAGUI.ini

Note:Wildcardsarenotsupportedinthisfunction.YoumustunderstandthePredesktopArea environmentbeforeattemptinganymodications.

PuttinglestothedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea

RRUTIL/p<path>

Toaddlestoorreplacelesfromthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectoryineitherthevirtualortype 12partition,dothefollowing:

1.Placeallthelesinatempfolderondrivec:\.Basedonlocationinthetempdirectory,theleswill becopiedintothePEpartitionsinthesamelocations.Forexample,toaddorreplacea.cmdlein \preboot\startup,theuserwillneedtoplacethe.cmdleinc:\tempdir\preboot\startupandthenrunthe command

RRUTIL/pc:\tempdir

2.Thesamplecommand

RRUTIL/pc:\PDAT emp

iscontainedinthec:\PDAT empdirectory,andthedirectoryisamirrorimageofthedirectorystructure ofthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectoryinthePredesktopArea.Thelesintherootofc:\PDATemp wouldputthelesintherootofthePEpartition.

DeletinglesfromthedirectoriesinthePredesktopArea

RRUTIL/dC:\temp\dellist.txt

Deletethele(s)inthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectoryineitherthevirtualortype12partition:

1.Deletethele(s)inthe\preboot,\minint,orrootdirectoryineitherthevirtualortype12partitionbased onthecontentsofatextle.

2.TheDellist.txtlemustcontainatreestructureofthelestobedeletedfromthePredesktopArea.

3.Forsamplecommand:RRUTIL/d<path>dellist.txt,thedellist.txtlecontentsarethefollowing:

\preboot\startup\custom.cmdSamplelenameonly \preboot\usrintfc\test.txtSamplelenameonly

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RenaminglesinthePredesktopArea

RRUTIL/r\<PDA-path>\oldlename.extnewlename.ext

RenamealelocatedinthePredesktopArea.ThisfunctiononlyworksonlesinthePredesktopArea.The pathtotheletoberenamedmustbeincludedwithoutthedriveletter.Thenewnameoftheleshould onlyincludethenamewithoutanypathinformation.

Example:

RRUTIL–r\preboot\usrintfc\peaccessibmen.inipeaccessibmen.old

TestingtheRescueandRecoveryprograminthePredesktopArea

RRUTIL/bq

Thiscommandcanbeusedinabatchletohelpinautomatedprocessing.IftheRescueandRecoverycode isnotinstalledonthesystemonly,thefunctionsthathelpusersaccessthePredesktopAreawillbeavailable.

Example:

RRUTIL–bq

Thiscommandwillresultintheenvironmentvariable%errorlevel%beingsetto-2,iftheRescueand Recoveryprogramisnotinstalledonthesystem,or0iftheRescueandRecoveryprogramisinstalled.Type echo%errorlevel%toseetheresultsofthecommand.

Viewingthe\RRbackupsdirectory

RRUTIL/bl<path>

Listallofthecontentsofthe\RRbackupsdirectory.Displaythelesizeanddateofeachleinthebackup aswellasinitslocation.Thelistbelowisanexampleofabackupdirectorywithabasebackupandone incrementalbackup.

Directoryof\RRbackups\C\0\

03/11/0408:02:44AM50003968Data0 03/11/0408:04:05AM50003968Data1 03/11/0408:07:10AM50003968Data10 03/11/0409:09:03AM50003968Data100 03/11/0409:10:39AM50003968Data101 03/11/0409:12:07AM50003968Data102 03/11/0409:13:24AM50003968Data103 03/11/0408:01:31AMEFSFile 03/15/0422:22:47PM338772HashFile 03/11/0409:17:44AM748Inf o 03/15/0422:22:47PM34443040TOCFile

Directoryof\RRbackups\C\1\

03/15/0422:29:29PM50003968Data0 03/15/0422:29:45PM50003968Data1

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03/15/0422:44:50PM50003968Data10 03/15/0422:51:56PM50003968Data11 03/15/0422:56:39PM50003968Data12 03/15/0423:00:27PM43480478Data13 03/15/0422:30:00PM50003968Data2 03/15/0422:30:19PM50003968Data3 03/15/0422:30:34PM50003968Data4 03/15/0422:30:57PM50003968Data5 03/15/0422:32:25PM50003968Data6 03/15/0422:33:42PM50003968Data7 03/15/0422:34:40PM50003968Data8 03/15/0422:42:57PM50003968Data9 03/15/0422:22:47PMEFSFile 03/15/0423:00:27PM374742HashFile 03/15/0423:00:27PM748Info 03/15/0423:00:27PM38099990TOCFile

Gettinglesfromthe\RRbackupsdirectory

RRUTIL/bg<path>getlist.txt<copytolocation>

Copyindividuallesfromthe\RRbackupsdirectory:

1.Atextleidentiesthelesthatshouldbecopiedtoalocationspeciedinthecommandline.

2.The<copytolocation>mustbeanexistingdirectorythatwillreceivethelesfromthe\RRbackups directory.Theleswillbecopiedintothisdirectoryinthesametreestructureastheyarefoundinthe \RRbackupsdirectory.

3.Samplecommand:RRUTIL/bg<path>getlist.txt<copytolocation>.

Note:Wildcardsarenotsupportedinthisfunction.Youmustunderstandthe\RRbackupsdirectory environmentbeforeattemptingtomakemodications.

Puttinglestothe\RRbackupsdirectory

RRUTIL/bp<path>

Addlestoorreplacelesfromthe\RRbackupsvirtualpartition:

1.Placeallthelesinatempfolderondrivec:\.Then,basedonlocationinthetempdirectory,leswillbe copiedintothe\RRbackupsdirectoryinthesamelocation.

2.Thesamplecommand

RRUTIL/bpc:\RRTemp

iscontainedinthec:\RRTempdirectory,andthedirectoryisamirrorimageofthedirectorystructure ofthe\RRbackupsdirectory.

C:\RRTemp\C\0Data0Data1

EFSFileHashFileInf oTOCFile

C:\RRbackups\C\0Data0Data1

EFSFileHashFileInf oTOCFile

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Displayingthebackupspace

RRUTIL/bs

ThesamplecommandRRUTIL/bswilldisplaythebackupspaceontheconsole.

1.Determinetheamountofspacethatisconsumedby\RRbackups.

2.Displaytheconsumedspaceforeachbasebackupanditsincrementalbackups.

Examples

Example1:AddingdevicedriverstothePredesktopArea

Thefollowingexampleprovidesinstructionsonaddingdevicedrivers,suchasethernettothePredesktop Area:

1.Obtaindevicedriversfromthevendor'sWebsiteorothermedia.

2.Createthefollowingdirectorystructures:

C:\TEMP\MININT\INF

C:\TEMP\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

3.Copyallnetworkdriver*.inflestothe\MININT\INFdirectory.(Forexample,E100B325.infneeds tobeinthe\MININT\INFdirectory.)

4.Copyall*.syslestothe\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSdirectory.(Forexample,E100B325.sysneeds tobeinthe\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSdirectory.)

5.Copyanyrelated*.dll,*.exe,orotherlestothe\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSdirectory.(Forexample, theE100B325.dinandINTELNIC.dlllesmustbeinthe\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERSdirectory.)

Notes:

a.Cataloglesareunnecessary,astheyarenotprocessedbytheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.

Theprecedinginstructionsapplytoanydevicedriverthatmightberequiredtocongurethe computer.

b.WiththelimitationofWindowsPE,youmighthavetomanuallyapplysomecongurationapplications

orsettingsasregistryupdates.

6.T oputthedevicedriversintothePredesktopArea,enterthefollowingatacommandprompt:

C:\RRUTIL.EXE-pC:\temp

Example2:Addingmass-storagecontrollerdriverstothePredesktopArea

Thefollowingexampleprovidesinstructionsonaddingmass-storagecontrollerdrivers,suchasSATA tothePredesktopArea:

1.Createasubdirectoryunder\minint\system32\tocontainthedriver.

2.Copy*.sysinto\minint\systme32\drivers.

3.Update\minint\system32\winpeoem.siftoincludethesubdirectorycontainingthedriver(forexample, examinethislefrombuild37oftheRescueandRecovery4.23program).

4.Ensuretheiastorleandfolderareinthesubdirectoryyoucreated.

5.Makesurethesubdirectoryyoucreatedcontainingtheiastordriverhasavalidtxtsetup.oemle.

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Usingthepdaguixx.inicongurationle

Byeditingthecongurationlepdaguixx.ini,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation,youcancustomizethe followingelementsoftheRescueandRecoveryenvironment:

•“ChangingthemainGUIfonts”onpage37

•“Changingtheenvironmentbackground”onpage38

•“Editingpdagui.ini”onpage38

•“Changingentriesandfunctionsintherightpanel”onpage40

•TheHTML-basedhelpsystemfortheRescueandRecoveryenvironment

Thefollowingtableprovidestwo-letterlanguageabbreviationsforthelanguagedestinationinthe pdaguixx.inile.

Table17.Languagecodes

Two-letterlanguagecodeLanguage

brdkenfrgritjpkrnlnoposcspsvtc

Toobtain,edit,andreplacethepdaguien.inile,seethefollowingexamples:

•Example1:Gettingthepdaguien.inilefromtheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaT ogetthe pdaguien.inilefromtheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopArea,dothefollowing:

1.Createthegetlist.txtlewiththefollowingparameters:

BrazilianPortugueseDanishEnglishFinnishFrench GermanItalianJapaneseKoreanDutchNorwegian PortugueseSimpliedChineseSpanishSwedish TraditionalChinese

\preboot\usrintfc\pdaguien.ini

2.Savetheleasc:\temp\getlist.txt.

3.Atacommandprompt,typethefollowingcommand:

c:\RRUTIL-gc:\temp\getlist.txtc:\temp

•Example2:Puttingthepdaguien.inilebacktotheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaAta commandprompt,typethefollowingcommand:

C:\RRUTIL.EXE-pc:\temp

Note:ThePUT(-p)routineusesthedirectorystructurecreatedintheGET(-g)routine.Forproper placementoftheeditedle,ensurethattheeditedleislocatedinthesamedirectoryasthegetlist.txt le,asfollows:

c:\temp\preboot\usrintfc\pdaguien.ini

ChangingthemainGUIfonts

Youcanchangethefontofthemaingraphicaluserinterface(GUI).Thedefaultsettingsmightnotdisplayall characterscorrectly,dependingonthelanguageandcharactersrequired.Inthepdaguixx.inile,wherexx isthelanguagedesignation,the[Fonts]sectioncontainsthedefaultsettingsforthecharacterstylethatis displayed.Thefollowingaredefaultsettingsformostsingle-bytecharactersetlanguages:

[Fonts]

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LeftNavNorm="Microsof tSansSerif"

LeftNavBold="ArialBold"

MenuBar="Microsof tSansSerif"

Dependingonyourvisualandcharactersetrequirements,afterbeingtested,thefollowingfontsare compatiblewiththeRescueandRecoveryenvironment:

•Courier

•TimesNewRoman

•ComicSansMS Otherfontsmightbecompatible,buthavenotbeentested.

Changingtheenvironmentbackground

Thebackgroundoftherightpanelisabitmapgraphicandisnamedmainbk.bmp.Themainbk.bmpleis locatedinthe\PREBOOT\USRINTFCdirectory.Ifyoucreateyourownbitmapimagefortheright-panel background,itmustconformtothefollowingdimensions:

•620pixelswide

•506pixelshigh

Youmustplacetheleinthe\PREBOOT\USRINTFCdirectoryinorderfortheRescueandRecoveryprogram topresentthedesiredbackground.

Note:Toget,edit,andreplacethemainbk.bmple,see“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

Editingpdagui.ini

Changingtheleft-panelentriesrequireseditingthepdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation. Forinformationaboutgettingpdaguixx.inifromtheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentandreplacingthele, see“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhastwenty-twoentriesintheleftpanel.Althoughfunctionsaredifferent, eachentryhasthesamebasicelements.Thefollowingisanexampleofaleft-panelentry:

[LeftMenu]button00=2,"Introduction",Introduction.bmp,1,

1,0,%tvtdrive%\Preboot\Opera\ENum3.exe,

Table18.Left-panelentriesandcustomizationoptions

EntryCustomizationoptions

00-01Fullycustomizable.

03-06Fullycustomizable.

08-10Fullycustomizable.

Mustremainabuttontype1(seeEntrytypeparameters).Textcanbechanged.An applicationorhelpfunctioncanbedened.Noiconcanbeadded.

Mustremainabuttontype1.T extcanbechanged.Anapplicationorhelpfunction canbedened.Noiconcanbeadded.

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Table18.Left-panelentriesandcustomizationoptions(continued)

EntryCustomizationoptions

17–22Fullycustomizable.

Mustremainabuttontype1.T extcanbechanged.Anapplicationorhelpfunction canbedened.Noiconcanbeadded.

Deningentrytype Button00mustbeauniqueidentier.Thenumberdeterminestheorderbywhichthebuttonsaredisplayed

intheleftpanel.

Button00=[0-8]determinesthebuttontype.Thisnumbercanbeaninteger0through8.Thefollowingtable explainsthetypeandbehaviorofeachbuttontype:

Table19.Entrytypeparameters

ParameterButtontype

Emptyeld.Usethisvaluewhenyouwanttoleavearowblankandunused.

Sectionheadtext.Usethissettingtoestablishamajorgroupingorsectionhead.

Applicationlaunch.Deneanapplicationorcommandletobestartedwhentheuser clicksthebuttonortext.

OperahelpfortheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.Deneahelptopictobe launchedusingtheOperabrowser.

Displayarestartmessagewindowbeforelaunching.Changethevaluetodirectthe GUItopresentamessagetotheuserthatthecomputermustberestartedbeforethe speciedfunctionisperformed.

Reserved.

Launchandwait.Usethisvaluetoforcetheenvironmenttowaitforareturncode fromthelaunchedapplicationbeforecontinuing.Thereturncodeisexpectedtobein theenvironmentvariable,%errorlevel%.

Launchapplication.TheGUIretrievestheCountryCodeandlanguagebeforestarting theapplication.ItisusedforWeblinksthathaveCGIscriptstoopenaWebpagefrom acertaincountryorinacertainlanguage.

Reserved.

Deningentryelds

Button00=[0-10],"title"

Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp

Thetextfollowingthebuttontypeparameter speciesthetextortitleofthebutton.Ifthetext exceedsthewidthoftheleftpanel,thetextiscut andellipsisisusedtoindicatethatmorecharacters follow.Thefulltitletextisdisplayedwhenusing hoverhelp.

Followingthetitletext,specifythelenameofthe bitmaplethatyouwanttouseasaniconforthe buttonbeingcreated.Thebitmaplemustbeno largerthan15pixelsx15pixelstotcorrectly.

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Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp,[0or1]

Thissettingdirectstheenvironmenttodisplayor hidetheentry.Thevalue0hidestheentry.Ifthe valueissetto0,thenablanklineisdisplayed.The value1displaystheentry.

Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp,[0or1],1

Thisisareservedfunctionandmustalwaysbeset to1.

Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp,[0or1],1,[0or1]

Torequireapasswordpriortostartingan application,placeavalueof1inthisposition.Ifyou setthisvalueto0,nopasswordisrequiredbefore aspeciedapplicationisstarted.

Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp,[0or1],1,[0or 1],%tvtdrive%[pathname\executable]

Thevalueof%tvtdrive%mustbethebootdrive letter.Followingthebootdriveletter,youmust provideafullyqualiedpathtoanapplicationor commandle.

Button00=[0-10],"title",le.bmp,[0or1],1,[0or 1],%tvtdrive%[pathname\executable],[parameters]

Providetheparametersrequiredbythetarget applicationthatisbeingstarted.

Ifyouarenotprovidingvaluesforvariouselds,youmustprovidetherequiredcommasinorderforthe buttondenitiontobeacceptedandtoruncorrectly.Forexample,ifyouarecreatingagroupheading, "RescueandRecover,"thefollowingwouldbethecodefortheentry:

Button04=1,"RescueandRecover",,,,,,

Entries02,07,11and16mustremaintype0(orheader)entries,andtheyalwaysfallintheirnumerical places.Theavailabilityofentriesthatfallundertheheaderscanbedisabledbysettingfullycustomizable entriestotype0-blanklinesintheleftpanel.However,thetotalnumberofentriescannotexceed23.

Thefollowingtableshowsthefunctionandexecutablethatyoucanstartfromtheleft-panelentries:

Table20.Left-panelfunctionsandexecutables

FunctionExecutable

Recoverles

Restorefrombackup

Createmigrationle

OpenbrowserOPERA.EXE

MapanetworkdriveMAPDRV .EXE

Diagnosehardware

CreatediagnosticdiskettesDDIAGS.CMD

WIZRR.EXE

PCDR.CMD

Note:ThePCDR.CMDexecutablehelpslaunchthePCDoctorapplicationthatisonlyprovidedforthe Lenovo-brandedpreinstallationmodels.

Changingentriesandfunctionsintherightpanel

Changingtheright-panelentriesrequiresthatthepdaguixx.inileisedited,wherexxisthelanguage designation.Forinformationaboutgettingpdaguixx.inifromtheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentand replacingthele,seetheexampleprovidedin“Usingthepdaguixx.inicongurationle”onpage37

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Customizingthefunctionlinksintherightpanel

Tochangethefunctionsofthelinksthatspanthetopoftherightpanel,modifythe[TitleBar]sectionofthe pdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation.Theselinksoperatethesamewayastheleft-panel entries.Thebuttonnumbervaluesare00through04.Thesameapplicationsthatcanbestartedfromthe leftpanelcanbestartedfromthe[TitleBar]entries.See“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31 completelistofexecutablesthatcanbestartedfromthetitlebar.

Modifyingusermessagesandwindowstatus

Thepdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation,containstwosectionsthatyoucanmodify:

[Welcomewindow]

[Rebootmessages]

TheWelcomewindowisdenedinthe[Welcome]sectionofthepdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguage designation.Dependingonthechangesthatyouhavemadetotheleftpanel,youcanchangethe informationinthetitlelineandlines01through12.Youcansetthefontforthetitleandotherlines.Youcan alsospecifywhethertomakethetitleandotherlinesbold.

Thefollowingsettingsareanexampleofthe[Welcome]section:

[Welcome] Title="WelcometoRescueandRecovery" Line01="TheRescueandRecovery(R)workspaceprovidesanumberoftools tohelpyourecoverfromproblemsthatpreventyoufromaccessingtheWindows(R) environment." Line02="Youcandothef ollowing:" Line03="*Rescueandrestoreyourles,f olderorbackupsusingRescueand Recovery(R)" Line05="*Congureyoursystemsettingsandpasswords" Line06="yoursystemsettingsandpasswords" Line07="*CommunicateusingtheInternetandlinktotheLenovosupportsite" Line08="usetheInternetandlinktotheLenovosupportsite" Line09="*Troubleshootproblemsusingdiagnostics" Line10="diagnoseproblemsusingdiagnostics" Line11="Featuresmayvarybasedoninstallationoptions. Foradditionalinformation,clickIntroduction intheRescueandRecoverymenu." Line12="NOTICE:" Line13="Byusingthissoftware,youareboundbythe termsoftheLicenseAgreement.T oviewthelicense, clickHelpintheRescueandRecoverytoolbar, andthenclickViewLicense." Continue="Continue" NowShow="Donotshowagain" NoShowCk=0 WelcomeTitle="ArialBold" WelcomeT ext="Arial" WelcomeBold="ArialBold"

fora

ThefollowingsettingsarefortheTitleBarHelpfunctionsontheuserinterface:

•Command0AnHTMLpagetobestartedforthebasehelppage.

•Command1LenovoLicenseAgreementHTMLpage.

•HELPHelp

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•LICENSELicense

•CANCELCancel

•Command0%tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\f_welcom.htm

•Command1%tvtdrive%Preboot\Helps\en\C_ILA.htm

TohidetheWelcomewindow,changeNoShowCk=0toNoShowCk=1.Tochangethedisplayfontsforthetitleand welcometext,editthelastthreelinesoftheprecedingexampleaccordingtoyourfontdesignpreferences.

Note:Donotchangeordeletelines13and14.

Inthe[REBOOT]sectionofthepdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation,youcanmodifythe valuesinthefollowinglines:

NoShowChk=

RebootT ext=

Thetwovaluesfor"NoShowChk"are0and1.Tohidethemessage,selectthecheckbox.Whenthecheck boxisselected,thevalueissetto0.T ohavethemessagedisplayed,changethevalueto1.

Ifnecessary,thefontformessagesinthe[REBOOT]sectioncanbechanged.Forexample,thisvalue canbesetasfollows:

RebootT ext="Arial"

Note:Thefollowingsectionsofthepdaguixx.inile,wherexxisthelanguagedesignation,areavailablein thele,butcannotbecustomized:[Messages],[EXITMSG],and[HelpDlg].

RemovingFactoryRestore

TohidetheRestoretoFactoryContentsoptionintheWindowsPE,renamethe \preboot\recovery\Recover.cmdleandthatoptionwillnotappearinthewizard.Thatrenamed.cmdle canlaterberuntorestorethesystemfromfactorycontents.Iftheservicepartitionhasbeenremoved, thenthisstepisnotnecessary.

Troubleticket

BecausethereisnowaytotransmitinformationthroughletransferintheRescueandRecovery environment,theenduserisdirectedtousethee-mailfunctionintegratedinthebrowser.Thelogging functionpackagesthelogeventsintoale,anddirectstheendusertoe-mailtheleafterheorshe completestherecoveryprocessandlogsontoWindows.ThelereceivedfromtheendusercreatestheReq 115TroubleTicketXMLle,whichcombinesCurrent,HW,InvAgent,andPCDRdiagnosticloginformation, andwillbeplacedinalocationthatcanbeeasilyfoundandaccessiblefromboththeRescueandRecovery environmentandoperatingsystem–C:\SWSHARE.

TheDiagnosticstoolavailableinthePredesktopAreaoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramaidsinproblem determination.OutputfromtestsperformedbytheDiagnosticstoolarestoredinamannerthatcanbe viewedortransmittedtoahelpdesk.

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ConguringtheOperabrowser

TheOperabrowserhastwocongurationles:thedefaultcongurationleandtheactivecongurationle. Userscanmakechangestotheactivecongurationle,butwilllosechangesmadewhentheRescueand Recoveryprogramisrestarted.

Tomakepermanentchangestothebrowser,editthecopiesofboththeopera6.iniandthenorm1.inilesthat areonthe%systemdrive%(C:)inthefollowingfolderpath:C:\PREBOOT\OPERA\PROFILE.Thetemporary, activecopyofopera6.iniisontheramdrive(Z:)intheZ:\PREBOOT\OPERA\PROFILEdirectory.

Notes:

1.T oget,edit,andplacetheopera6.iniandnorm1.iniles,see“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

2.TheOperaworkspacehasbeenmodiedtoprovideenhancedsecurity.Somebrowserfunctions havebeendeleted.

Operawillnotsavesettingsafteritisclosed

IfyouareusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramundertheMicrosoftVistaoperatingsystemandwantto havetheOperabrowserrememberitspreferencesduringthecurrentboottothePreDesktopArea,modifythe opera.exele.Specifythefullpathtothesettingsleonthefthlineofthe\preboot\opera\opera_web.cmd lefrom

startopera.exe/Settingsopera_def ault.ini%1

startopera.exe/Settings%tvtdrive%\preboot\opera\opera_default.ini%1

Note:Ifyourebootthesystem,yourchangedpreferenceswillbelostevenwiththischange.

E-mail

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramprovidessupportforsendingWeb-basede-mailsthroughOpera.Opera providesanIMAP-basede-mailprogramthatcanbeenabledthroughthelargeenterpriseconguration,but bydefault,thisprogramisnotsupportedbytheOperabrowserinthePredesktopArea.Togetthereference informationonhowtoenabletheprogram,seetheSystemAdministrator'sHandbookat: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/sysadmin/

Disablingtheaddressbar

TodisabletheaddressbarinOpera,dothefollowing:

1.GettheleMINIMAL_TOOLBAR(1).INIfromC:\PREBOOT\OPERA\PROFILE\TOOLBARbyusingthe RRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.Locatethe[DocumentToolbar]sectionofthele.

4.Locatethe"Address0"entry.

5.Placeasemicolon(;functioningasacommentdelimiter)infrontofthe"Address0"entry.

Note:StoppinghereandcontinuingwithstepdisablestheOperatoolbar,butleavesthenonfunctional Gobuttonandtoolbar.ToremovetheGobuttonandthetoolbar,continuewithstep.

6.Locatethefollowingentriesandthenplaceasemicoloninfrontofeach:

Button1,21197=GoZoom2

7.Savethele.

8.PutthelebyusingtheRRUTILprocessasdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31. TheaddressbarisdisabledwhenOperaruns.

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Customizingbookmarks

Operaisconguredtoreadthebookmarksestablishedinthisramdrivele:Z:\OPERADEF6.ADR.Thisle isgeneratedwhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisstartedfromcodeinthestartuproutine.The startuproutineautomaticallyimportsWindowsInternetExplorerbookmarksandaddssomeadditional bookmarks.Becausetheramdrivelethatisgeneratedonstartupisnotpermanent,itaddsbookmarks totheInternetExplorerWebbrowser,whichisautomaticallyimportedwhentheRescueandRecovery environmentisstarted.

YoucanexcludesomeoralloftheInternetExplorerfavorites.ToexcludespecicWindowsusers'favorites, dothefollowing:

1.GettheC:\PREBOOT\STARTUP\OPERA_010.CMDlebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin “UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.LocatethefollowinglineintheCMDle:PYTHON.EXE.FAVS.PYCZ:\OPERADEF6.ADR

4.Attheendofthislineofcode,typeinquotationsthenamesoftheWindowsuserswhosefavoritesyou wanttoexclude.Forexample,ifyouwanttoexcludethefavoritesforAllUsersandAdministrator, enterthefollowing:

python.exefavs.pycz:\Operadef6.adr"AllUsers,Administrator"

5.Savethele.

6.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

IfyoudonotwantanyoftheInternetExplorerfavoritestobedisplayedinthebrowserprovidedinthe RescueandRecoveryenvironment,dothefollowing:

1.GettheC:\PREBOOT\STARTUP\OPERA_010.CMDleforeditingbyusingtheRRUTILprocessas describedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.LocatethefollowinglineintheCMDle:PYTHON.EXE.FAVS.PYCZ:\OPERADEF6.ADR

4.Completeoneofthefollowing: a.TypeREMatthebeginningoftheline,asfollows:

REMpython.exef avs.pycz:\Operadef6.adr

b.Deletethelineofcodefromthele.

5.Savethele.

6.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

Changingproxysettings

TochangetheproxysettingsfortheOperabrowser,dothefollowing:

1.GettheleC:\PREBOOT\OPERA\PROFILE\norm1.inibyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Using theRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.Addthefollowingsectionstothebottomofthenorm1.inile:

Note:The[0or1]variableindicatesthatthecheckitemiseitherenabled(1)ordisabled(0).

[Proxy]

UseHTTPS=[0or1]

UseFTP=[0or1]

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UseGOPHER=[0or1]

UseWAIS=[0or1]

HTTPServer=[HTTPserver]

HTTPSServer=[HTTPSserver]

FTPServer=[FTPserver]

GopherServer=[Gopherserver]

WAISServerEnableHTTP1.1forproxy=[0or1]

UseHTTP=[0or1] UseAutomaticProxyConguration=[0or1] AutomaticProxyCongurationURL=[URL]

NoProxyServersCheck=[0or1]

NoProxyServers=<IPaddresses>

4.Savethele.

5.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

ToaddanHTTP,HTTPS,FTP,Gopher,orWAISproxyserver,type=<addressofproxy>aftertheappropriate line.Forexample,iftheaddressofyourproxyserverishttp://www.yourcompany.com/proxy,theHTTP Serverlinewouldreadasfollows:

HTTPServer=http://www.yourcompany.com/proxy

Toaddtheporttotheentry,placeacolonaftertheaddressandtypetheportnumber.Thesameistruefor theNoProxyServersandAutomaticProxyCongurationURLelds.

z:\preboot\opera\prole\opera6.ini

Enablingorspecifyingthefulldownloadpath

TherearenumeroussettingsthatyoucansettodisplaytheSaveAswindow.Themoststraightforward methodis:

1.GettheC:\PREBOOT\OPERA\DEFAUL TS\STANDARD_menu.inilebyusingtheRRUTILprocess describedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

2.Locatethefollowingstring:

;;Item,50761

3.Opentheleforediting.

4.Locatethe[LinkPopupMenu].

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5.Removethetwosemicolons,andthensavethele.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisclosed andreopened,auserisabletoright-clickalinkandtheSaveTargetAsoptionisdisplayed.Thenthe SaveAswindowisdisplayed.

Note:Straightlinks(notredirectedlinks)workwiththeprecedingprocedure.Forexample,ifalink targetsa.phpscript,Operasavesthescriptonly,butnottheletowhichthescriptpoints.

6.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

Tospecifyaxeddownloaddirectory,dothefollowing:

1.GettheC:\PREBOOT\OPERA\norm1.inilebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Usingthe RRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.Inthele,locatethisline:

DownloadDirectory=%OpShare%

4.Change%OpShare%tothefullpathofthedirectorytowhichyouwantdownloadedlestobesaved.

5.Savethenorm1.inile.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisclosedandreopened,Opera savesdownloadedlestothespecieddirectory.

6.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

Notes:

1.Customizingthefullpathfordownloadingdoesnotenableuserstosavethetargetle,evenifthe linkisredirected.

2.ForthepurposesoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,thenumberofrecognizedletypesislimited.If anotherletypeneedstobetransferred,createa.ziple,whichcanthenbeextracted.

3.FiletypesarerecognizedbyMIME(MultipurposeInternetMailExtensions)typeratherthanbyle extension.Forexample,ifa.txtleisnamedwith.euyasanextension,theleisstillopeninthe Operabrowserasatextle.

Addingaspecicleextensiontothedownloadableleslist

YoucanaddspecicleextensiontothelistoflesthatcanbedownloadedthroughtheRescueand Recoverybrowser.Toaddspecicleextensiontothelist,completethefollowingprocedure:

1.MakesurethatOperaisclosedandthatallOperawindowsareclosed,includingtheRescueand Recoveryhelples.

2.GettheC:\PREBOOT\OPERA\norm1.inileusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Usingthe RRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

3.Opentheleforediting.

4.Locatethe[FileTypes]sectionofthele.

5.Usethesearchfunctiontondthedesiredle.Thendooneofthefollowing:

•Iftheextensionisfound,butleswiththatextensiondonotworkcorrectly,completethefollowing

steps: a.Changethevaluefollowingtheextensionfrom8to1.(Avalueof8tellsthebrowsertoignorethe

le.Avalueof1instructsthebrowsertosavethele.)Forexample,changethefollowing:

video/mgpeg=8,,,,mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa,|

video/mgpeg=1,,,,mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa,|

b.Scrolluptothe[FileTypesExtension]sectionofthenorm1.inile,andthensearchforthemime

typeofthele.Forexample,ndthefollowing:VIDEO/MPEG=,8

c.Changethe,8valuetothefollowing:

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%opshare%\,2

Note:Ifthespeciedvalueisalreadyset,donotchangethevalue.

d.Savethele,andthencopytheletoopera6.ini,andthenrestarttheRescueandRecovery

programforthechangestobeeffective.

•Iftheextensionisnotpresentandlesofthedesiredtypedonotworkcorrectly,dothefollowing: a.Inthe[FileT ypesExtension]sectionofnorm1.ini,locatethetemporarymimeentry.Thefollowing

isanexample:temporary=1,,,,lwp,prz,mwp,mas,smc,dgm,|

b.Addtheletypeextensiontothelist.Forexample,ifyouwanttoadd.CABasarecognized

extension,additaccordingtothefollowingsampleentry:

temporary=1,,,,lwp,prz,mwp,mas,smc,dgm,cab,|

Note:Thetrailingcommaandpipesymbolareessentialforthissettingtowork.Ifeitheris

omitted,allleextensionsinthelistmightbedisabled. c.SavetheletothedirectorypathC:\TEMP\. d.Copytheletoopera6.ini. e.RestarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceforthechangestobeeffective.

Changingthebehaviorofleswithspecicextensions

Youcanchangethebehavioroflesbyreplacingvaluesinthenorm1.inile.Tochangelebehavior byextension,dothefollowing:

1.CloseOperaandallactiveOperawindows,includinghelples.

2.Getthepreboot\opera\norm1.inilebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXE utility”onpage31

3.Opentheleforediting.

4.Locatethe[FileTypes]sectionofthele.Searchfortheextensionyouwanttoworkwith.Forexample, youwantall.txtlestobesavedtotheSWSHAREfolder.

5.Findthefollowingentry:TEXT/PLAIN=2,,,,TXT,|

Note:Avalueof2instructsthebrowsertodisplaythetextinOpera.Avalueof1instructsthebrowser tosavethetargetleintheSWSHAREfolder.

6.Continuingwiththe.txtexample,changethelinetoreadasfollows:

TEXT/PLAIN=1,,,,TXT,|

7.Savethele.

8.PutthelebackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessasdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

9.RestarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceforchangestobeeffective.

AddingastaticIPaddress

ToaddastaticIPaddress,completethefollowingsteps:

1.Getthe\MININT\SYSTEM32winbom.inilebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Usingthe RRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.Adda[WinPE.Net]sectionbefore[PnPDriverUpdate]inthewinbom.inile.Example:

[Factory]

WinBOMType=WinPE

Reseal=No

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[WinPE]

Restart=No

[PnPDriverUpdate]

[PnPDrivers]

[NetCards]

[UpdateInis]

[FactoryRunOnce]

[Branding]

[AppPreInstall]

YoumustaddthefollowinglinestotheWinPE.Netsection.

[WinPE.Net]

Gateway=9.44.72.1

IPCong=9 .44.72.36

StartNet=Yes

SubnetMask=255.255.255.128

4.Getthe\PREBOOT\SWWORKNETSTART.TBIlebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Using theRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

5.Change

factory-minint

factory-winpe

6.Commentoutthefollowinglines:

regsvr32/snetcfgx.dll

netcfg-v-winpe

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netstartdhcp

netstartnla

7.PuttheNETSTART.TBIleunderthe\SWWORKdirectoryandtheSYSTEM32winbom.inileunder the\MININTdirectorybackbyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility” onpage31.

Note:ThedefaultenvironmentsupportsonlytheDHCPenvironment.

ThefollowingtableprovidestheentryanddescriptionforIPcongurations:

Table21.StaticIPaddressentries

EntryDescription

Gateway

IPCongSpeciestheIPaddressthatWindowsPEusestoconnecttoanetwork.

StartNet

SubnetMask

SpeciestheIPaddressofanIProuter.Conguringadefaultgatewaycreatesa defaultrouteintheIProutingtable.Syntax:

Gateway=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Syntax:IPCong=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Specieswhethertostartnetworkingservices.Syntax:StartNet=Yes|No

Speciesa32-bitvaluethatenablestherecipientofIPpacketstodistinguish thenetworkIDandhostIDportionsoftheIPaddress.Syntax:SubnetMask=

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Changingthevideoresolution

YoucanchangethevideoresolutionbychangingthedefaultPredesktopArearesolutionsettingsof800× 600×16-bit.Tochangethesettings,completethefollowingprocedures:

1.Getthe\MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INIlebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Usingthe RRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

2.Opentheleforediting.

3.Addthefollowingentries:

[ComputerSettings]

DisplayResolution=800x600x16or1024x768x16

WhentheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentstarts,youseeanadditionalwindowduringstartupthatis titled“Factorypreinstallation”.Thecolorsarereducedfromthousandsto256.

4.Putbackthe\MININT\SYSTEM32\WINBOM.INIlebyusingtheRRUTILprocessdescribedin“Using theRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

Startupapplications

TheRescueandRecoveryWindowsPEenvironmentsupportsstartupscripts,programs,andcustomized programs.ThesescriptsorprogramswillbeprocessedbeforetheRescueandRecoveryWindowsPE environmentreachesthemainPEinterfacepage.

Thedirectorytoplacethescriptsorprogramsis\Preboot\Startup.Scriptsorprogramsinthisdirectoryare processedalphanumerically.Forexample,ascriptcalleda.batwouldbeprocessedbefore1.exe.

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Toplaceascriptorprograminthisdirectory,completethefollowingsteps:

1.GettheRRUTILfromtheLenovoRescueandRecoveryAdministrationT oolssiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

2.CreateaTempdirectory.

3.Inthe\Tempdirectory,createthefollowingdirectorytree:

\preboot\startup

4.Putthescriptorprogramintothe\Temp\preboot\startuppath.

5.Fromacommandline,typeinRRUTIL–p\Temp.

6.T overifythatthescriptorprogramwascopiedsuccessfully,typeinRRUTIL–gfromacommand line.Thiswillgeneratealenamedgetlist.txt.

7.Examinethecontentsofgetlist.txtforthe\preboot\startupdirectory.Thescriptorprogramshouldbe listedunderthistree.

Passwords

ThefollowingarefourpasswordoptionsavailableinthePredesktopArea:

•PredesktopAreaorMasterpassword

•UserIDandpasswordorpassphrase

•Backuppassword

•Nopassword

PredesktopAreaormasterpassword

ThePredesktopAreapasswordormasterpasswordisasinglepasswordthatallowsyouaccesstothe PredesktopAreaandbackups.Thisissetbyusingthecommandlineinterface,andistheonlypassword optionifonlytheRescueandRecovery4.23programisinstalledonthesystem.

YoucancreatethePredesktopAreapasswordormasterpasswordbyusingthefollowingcommand: C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\pe_masterpw_app.exe.Thefollowingtableprovides availableparametersforthiscommand:

Table22.

ParameterDescription

pe_masterpw_app.exe-create

pe_masterpw_app.exe-verifyVeriesthatthepasswordisvalidandthatitcanbeused.

pe_masterpw_app.exe-remove

pe_masterpw_app.exe-exists

pe_masterpw_app.exe-silentHidesallthemessages.

Createstheactualpassword.

Removesthepassword.

Checkstoseeifthepasswordexists.

UserIDandpasswordorpassphrase

ThisoptionusestheClientSecuritySolutioncodeforpasswordorpassphrasemanagement.TheClient SecuritySolutionGINAwillprompttheuserforthispasswordorpassphraseonstartupofthePredesktop Area.Thisprovidesbettersecurityforamulti-userenvironment.IfauserlogsonusingtheGINA,thatuseris allowedaccesstothatuser'slesonly,andnooneelse’s.

ThisoptioncanbesetthroughthecommandlineinterfaceortheGUI.

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Backuppassword

ThebackuppasswordcanbesetthroughtheRescueandRecoverygraphicaluserinterfaceortheRescue andRecoverycommand-lineinterface(RRCMD)withspeciedparameters.Oncethepasswordisset,itwill beusedtoprotectallbackupsunlessthepasswordisdisabledorchanged.

Youcanset,change,disable,orenableabackuppasswordaccordingtothefollowingexamples.

•UsingtheRescueandRecoverygraphicaluserinterfaceThepasswordcanbesetthroughtheSet scheduleandpreferencesoption.

–SettinganewpasswordSelecttheProtectyourbackupswithapasswordcheckboxandtype

yourpassword.

–ChangingthepasswordClickSetPasswordandtypeboththeoldandnewpasswords.

–DisablingthepasswordCleartheProtectyourbackupswithapasswordcheckbox.Thebackup

passwordwillbedisabledandallfuturebackupdatawillhavenopasswordprotected.

Note:Ifyouhaveoldbackupsthatweremadewithapreviouspassword,youwillstillberequiredto typethepreviousbackuppasswordinthePDAwhenrestoringthosebackups.Whennewbackups havebeencreatedtomergealloldbackups,thebackuppasswordwillnolongerberequiredfor restoringincrementalbackups.However,becausethebasebackupispasswordprotected,restoring thebasebackupwillstillrequirethepreviouspassword.

–EnablingthepasswordSelecttheProtectyourbackupswithapasswordcheckbox.Theprevious

passwordwillremainvalidifnonewpasswordisset.

•UsingtheRRCMDcommand-lineinterfaceAllcommandsrelatedtobackuppasswordsettingare providedbelow.

–SettinganewpasswordY oucancreateapasswordusingthefollowingsyntax:

rrcmdcreatepasswordpassword=xxx

xxxisthepasswordyousetforthebackup.

Youcanalsosetthebackuppasswordfollowingabackupoperation.Thebackup,basebackup,and sysprepbackupoptionsinthefollowingsyntaxsupportusingthepasswordparametertocreatea backuppassword,forexample:

rrcmd[backup|basebackup|sysprepbackup]location=Lname=mybackuppassword=xxx

xxxisthepasswordyousetforthebackup.

Note:Thebackuppasswordinformationwillbecreatedafteryouperformthecommandsabove andyouwillusethispasswordforfuturebackups.Onceabackuppasswordiscreated,the abovepassword=xxxcommandcannotbeused.Thecommandchangepassword=xxxmustbeused subsequently.

–ChangingthepasswordY oucanchangetheoldpasswordtoanewpasswordusingthefollowing

syntax:

rrcmdchangepasswordpassword=xxxnew_password=yyy

xxxistheoldpassword,andyyyisthenewpasswordyousetforthebackup.

–DisablingthepasswordYoucandisablethebackuppasswordfrombeingusedinfuturebackups

usingthefollowingsyntax:

rrcmddisablepasswordpassword=xxx

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–EnablingthepasswordCurrentlynoparameterintheRRCMDcanbeusedtoenablethebackup

password.T oenablethebackuppassword,youneedtousetheRescueandRecoveryadvanced graphicaluserinterfacebyselectingtheProtectyourbackupswithapasswordcheckboxorusing GroupPolicy.

Nopassword

ThisoptionusesnoauthenticationandallowstheusertoenterthePredesktopAreawithoutusinga password.

Logles

Herearelogleslocatedinthec:\swsharedirectory:

•Engine.logLogsallfunctionsbytheengineandthemainbackupservice.

•rr.logLogsfunctionsbythemainRescueandRecoveryGUIinterface.

•Restore.logLogsrestoreoperationslikefullrestore,rejuvenate,andsinglelerestoreoperations.

•tvtsched.logLogfortheschedulerservicethatcallsRescueandRecoveryandInvAgent.

•Rescue.logLogforantidote,specicallyforthemailman.exefunction.

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Chapter4.Rejuvenationandmigration

AspartoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram,rejuvenationandmigrationtoolsareutilizedtohelpyou rejuvenateandmigrateyourdataandsettings.MigrationmethodsaremanagedwithSystemMigration Assistant.ForadditionalinformationaboutSystemMigrationAssistant,seethedeploymentguideorthe usersguideat:http://www.lenovo.com/supportT oassistyouwithrejuvenationandmigration,thischapter providesthefollowinginformation:

•“Creatingacommandle”onpage53

•“Filecommands”onpage53

•“File-migrationcommands”onpage57

•“Examplesofle-migrationcommands”onpage60

•“Migratingadditionalapplicationsettings”onpage62

Creatingacommandle

Duringthecapturephase,SystemMigrationAssistantreadsthecontentsofthecommandleandarchives settings.Thissectioncontainsinformationaboutcommandlesandthestatementsthattheycancontain.

SystemMigrationAssistantprovidesadefaultcommandle(command.xml),thatyoucanuseasatemplate tocreateacustomizedcommandle.IfyouinstalledSystemMigrationAssistantinthedefaultlocation,this leislocatedinthec:\%RR%\migration\bindirectory.

Note:XMLtechnologyisusedtodescribecommandlecommands.

Considerthefollowingpointsconcerningcommandles:

•XMLCommandlemustbesavedinUnicode(UTF-16)format.

•ThecommandlefollowsXMLversion1.0syntax,andiscase-sensitive.

•Eachcommandandparametersectionmuststartwith<TagName>andendwith</TagName>,and itsvaluemustbedescribedbetweenthosetags.

•SyntaxerrorsmightcauseanerrorwhenyourunSystemMigrationAssistant.IfSystemMigration Assistantencountersanerror,itwritestheerrortothelogleandcontinuestheoperation.Dependingon theseverityoftheerror,theendresultsmaybecorrupted.

Filecommands

Thefollowingtablecontainsinformationaboutthecommands,withtheexceptionofthoseconcerningle migrationortheregistry,thatcanbeusedinacommandle:

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Table23.

CommandParametersParameterValuesandExamples

•<active_desktop>

•<colors>

•<desktop_icons>

•<display>

•<icon_metrics>

•<keyboard>

•<mouse>

•<pattern>

•<screen_saver>

•<sento_menu>

•<shell>

•<sound>

•<start_menu>

•<taskbar>

•<wallpaper>

•<window_metrics>

•<desktop_settings>

•<time_zone>

•<ip_subnet_gateway_conguration>

•<dns_conguration>

•<wins_conguration>

•<computer_name>

•<computer_description>

•<domain_workgroup>

•<mapped_drives>

•<shared_folders_drives>

•<dialup_networking>

•<odbc_datasources>

Toselectadesktopsetting,settheparameter toTrue.Otherwise,settheparametertoFalse orleaveitunspecied.

Forexample:

true </colors> <desktop_icons>

true </desktop_icons> <screen_saver>

true </screen_saver> <start_menu>

false </start_menu> <time_zone>

true </time_zone>

</Desktop>

Toselectadesktopsetting,settheparameter toTrue.Otherwise,settheparametertoFalse orleaveitunspecied.

Forexample:

<computer_name>

true <computer_name> <mapped_drives>

false </mapped_drives>

</Network>

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CommandParametersParameterValuesandExamples

Forexample:T ocaptureallapplications

supported,set$(all). Foralistofalltheapplicationsthatare supported,seetheThinkVantageSystem MigrationAssistantUser'sGuidelocatedat:

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

LotusNotes </Application> <Application>

Microsof tOfce </Application>

</Applications>

$(all) </Application> </Applications>

•<hive>

•<keyname>

•<value>

Tocaptureorapplytheregistrysettings, specifythehive,keynameandvalueasthe parametersinthecommandle.Forexample: <HKEY_CURRENT_USER><Control Panel><Colors><MenuBar><236.233.218>.

Tocapturealluserproles,set$(all)oruse*\* asawildcardforallusers.Otherwise,specify usersindividually.

Thefollowingwildcardsareavailable.

•*\*foravariablelengthwildcard

•%foraxedlengthwildcard(1character)

Forexample:

Administrator </UserName> <UserName>

domain\Kelli </UserName>

</IncUsers>

Toexcludeusersfromthemigrationprocess, specifythedomainandusernameoftheuser.

Thefollowingwildcardsareavailable.

•*foravariablelengthwildcard

•%foraxedlengthwildcard(1character)

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CommandParametersParameterValuesandExamples

Thiscontrolstatementiseffectiveforboththe sourceandthetargetcomputer.

Tocaptureallprinters,settheparameter to$(all).Specifyeachprinterindividually tocapturethedefaultprinteronly.Setthe parameterto$(DefaultPrinter).

Forexample:

<Printer> $(all)

</Printer>

</Printers>

Lenovo5589-L36

</PrinterName>

</Printer>

</Printers>

<Printer> $(Def aultPrinter)

</Printer>

</Printers>

<MISC>

<bypass_registry>Todeselectallregistrysettings,settoT rue.

Otherwise,settoFalseorleaveitunspecied.

<overwriteexistingles>Tooverwriteexistingles,settoTrue.

Otherwise,settoFalseorleaveitunspecied.

<log_le_location>Tospecifythedirectorytowhereloglesare

written,enterafullyqualieddirectoryname. Youcanspecifyashareddirectoryonanother system.

Ifyoudonotsetthisparameter,thelogles writetoc:/InstDir/,wherecisthedriveletterof theharddiskdriveand/InstDir/isthedirectory wheretheapplicationsareinstalled.

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CommandParametersParameterValuesandExamples

<temp_le_location>Tospecifythedirectorytowheretemporary

lesarewritten,enterafullyqualieddirectory name.Youcanspecifyashareddirectoryon anothersystem.

Ifyoudonotsetthisparameter,temporary lesarewrittentoc:/InstDir/etc/data,where cisthedriveletteroftheharddiskdriveand /InstDir/isthedirectorywheretheapplications areinstalled.

<resolve_icon_links>Tocopyonlythoseiconsthathaveactive

links,settoT rue.Otherwise,settheparameter toFalseorleaveitunspecied.

File-migrationcommands

SystemMigrationAssistantprocessesle-migrationcommandsinthefollowingorder:leinclusion commandsareperformedrst,thenleexclusioncommandsareperformedfromtheinclusionles.

SystemMigrationAssistantselectsanddeselectslesonthebasisoftheoriginallocationoflesandfolders onthesourcecomputer.Fileredirectionstatementsarestoredintheproleandareinterpretedduringthe applyphase.Filemigrationisrecursiveintosub-directories.

Theprocessingofleanddirectorynamesisnotcasesensitive.

Thefollowingtablecontainsinformationaboutthele-migrationcommands.Alllemigrationcommands areoptional.

Table24.

CommandParameterDescriptionExample

<Exclude_drives><Drive>

<run>

Startstheprocessofa command.The</run> parameterendstheprocess ofacommand.

Speciesthedriveletterto excludedrivesfrombeing scanned.

Tocaptureorapplylemigration,set theparametertoTrue.Otherwise, settheparametertoFalseorleave itunspecied.

Forexample:

Forexample:

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CommandParameterDescriptionExample

<Date>

•<Description>isthe fully-qualiedlename. Youcanusewildcard characterforboth lenameandfolder name.

•<DateCompare>isan optionalparameterthat youcanusetoselect lesbasedonthedate whentheywerecreated.

–<Operand>iseither

NEWERorOLDER.

–<Date>isthebaseline

dateinmm/dd/yyyy format.

Tosearchformatchinglesinthe specieddirectories.

Forexample:

Example1

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Description> c:\MyWorkFolder\ls </Description> </IncDescription> </Inclusions>

Note:Tospecifythefoldername, add.\.attheendofthedescription.

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CommandParameterDescriptionExample

•<SizeCompare>isthe

optionalparameterto

selectlesbasedon theirsize.

<Size>

<Dest>

–<Operand>is

eitherLARGERor SMALLER.

–<Size>isthelesize

inMB.

where

•<Dest>isanoptional

parameterthatspecies thenameofthe destinationfolderon thetargetsystemwhere theleswillbewritten.

•<Operation>isan

optionalparameter thatspecieshowthe lepathistobehandled. Specifyeitherofthe following:

–P-preservesthe

pathoftheleand recreatestheleon thetargetsystem startingatthelocation speciedbythe <Dest>parameter.

–R-removesthepath

oftheleandplaces theledirectlyinthe locationspeciedby the<Dest>parameter.

Note:IfthePorR commandisnotused inthe<Operation> tag,thedefaultisto leavethe<Operation> empty,forexample, <Operation></Operation>.

Example2

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Descriptin> C:\MyWorkFolder\*.* </Decsription> <DateCompare> <Operand> NEWER </Operand> <Date>07/31/2005</Date> </DateCompare> </IncDescription> </Inclusions>

Example3

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Description> C:\MyWorkFolder/*.* </Description> <SizeCompare> <Operand> SMALLER </Operand> <Size>200</Size> </SizeCompare> </IncDescription> </Inclusions>

Example4

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Description> C:\MyWorkFolder\*.* </Description> <Dest> D:\MyNewWorkFolder </Dest> <Operation> </Operation> <IncDescription> </Inclusions>

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CommandParameterDescriptionExample

<Date>

<Size>

where

•<Source>isafully qualiedlenameor foldername.Youcanuse thewildcardcharacter forbothlenameand foldername.

•<DateCompare>isan optionalcommandthat youcanusetoselect lesbasedonthedate whentheywerecreated.

–<Operand>iseither

NEWERorOLDER.

–<Date>isthebaseline

dateinmm/dd/yyyy format.

•<SizeCompare>Optional parametertoselectles basedontheirsize.

–<Operand>is

eitherLARGERor SMALLER.

–<Size>isthelesize

inMB.

Todeselectallmatchinglesina specieddirectory

Forexample:

Example1

<Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description> C:\YourWorkFolder </Description> </ExDescription> </Exclusions>

Example2

<Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description> C:\YourWorkFolder </Description> <DateCompare> <Operand> OLDER </Operand> <Date>07/31/2005</Date> </DateCompare> </ExcDescription> </Exclusions>

Example3

<Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description> C:\YourWorkFolder </Description> <SizeCompare> <Operand> LARGER </Operand> <Size>200 </Size> </SizeCompare> </ExcDescription> </Exclusions>

Examplesofle-migrationcommands

Thissectioncontainsexamplesofle-migrationcommands.Theseexamplesdemonstratehowtocombine le-inclusionandle-exclusioncommandstoreneyourleselection.Onlythele-handlingsectionsof thecommandleareshown.

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Selectinglesduringthecapturephase

Thissectioncontainsthreeexamplesofcodeusedtoselectlesduringthecapturephase.

Example1

Thefollowingcodeexampleselectsallleswitha.docextension(MicrosoftWorddocuments)andrelocates theminthe"d:\MyDocuments"directory.Itthenexcludesalllesthatareinthed:\No_Longer_Used directory.

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Description>*:\*.doc/s</Description> <Dest>d:\MyDocuments</Dest> <Operation>r</Operation> </IncDescription> </Inclusions> <Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description>d:\No_Longer_Used\</Description> </ExcDescription> </Exclusions>

Example2

Thefollowingcodeexampleselectsthecontentsofthedrive,excludingallleslocatedintherootofthed driveandallleswitha.tmpextension.

Example3

Thefollowingcodeexampleselectstheentirecontentsofthecdrive,excludingallleslocatedinthe directory:%windir%.The%windir%directoryspeciestheWindowsdirectory.

<Inclusions> <IncDescription>C:\*.*/s</Description> </Inclusion> <Exclusions> <ExcDescription> <Description>/Description> </ExcDescription> </Exclusions>

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Example4

Thefollowingcodeexampleselectstheentirecontentsofthe%USERPROFILE%folderthatistheUser ProlePathofthecurrentlogonuser,excludingallleswitha.datextensionandtheLocalSettingssubfolder.

<Inclusions> <IncDescription> <Description>/Description> </IncDescription> </Inclusions> <Exclusions>

Migratingadditionalapplicationsettings

Tocreatecustomapplicationles,youmusthaveathoroughknowledgeoftheapplication,includingthe storagelocationsofcustomizedsettings.Bydefault,SystemMigrationAssistantispre-conguredto migratesettingsforseveralapplications.Y oucanalsocreateacustomapplicationletomigratesettings foradditionalapplications.Thislemustbenamedapplication.xmlorapplication.smaappandlocatedin thec:\%RR%\Migration\bin\Apps,whereAppsspeciestheapplicationandcisthedriveletterofthe harddiskdrive.Priorityisgiventotheapplication.smaapplewhenboththeapplication.smaappleand application.xmlcustomapplicationsleofthesameapplicationexist.

Tosupportanewapplication,youcancopyanexistingapplicationleandmakethenecessarychanges. Forexample,Microsoft_Access.xmlisanexistingapplicationle.

Considerthefollowingpointsaboutapplicationles:

•application.xml

–Bydefault,onlyapplication.xmlexists.

–The<tag>enclosedwith""istreatedascomments.Forexample:

<!–Files_From_Folders> <!-Files_From_Folder>%AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi\*.*/s </Files_From_Folder>

<Files_From_Folder>%PersonalDirectory/Files_from_Folder>

</Files_From_folders–>

–Eachcommandmustbedescribedinaseparatesection.

–Eachsectionbeginswithacommandenclosedbytags,forexample,<AppInfo>or<Install_Directories>.

Youcanenteroneormoreeldsinasection;eacheldmustbeonaseparateline.

–Iftheapplicationlecontainssyntaxerrors,theoperationcontinuesandwritestheerrorstothelogle.

Thefollowingtableshowsinformationaboutapplicationles:

Table25.

SectionCommandValueWhatitdoes

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SectionCommandValueWhatitdoes

<Family>Atextstring.

Leadingspaces areignored;do notenclosethe textstringin quotationmarks.

Speciesthenon-version-specicnameoftheapplication. Whenyouruninbatchmode,youusethisstringinthe applicationssectionofthecommandle.

Forexample:

<Family>AdobeAcrobatReader</F amily>

<SMA_Version>

Anumericvalue.

SpeciestheSystemMigrationAssistantversionnumber.

Forexample,

<SMA_Version>SMA5.0</SMA_Version>

<App>

ShortName where

Speciesaversion-specicshortnameforoneormore

applications. ShortNameisa version-specic

Forexample, shortnameforan application.

<APP>Acrobat_Reader_50</APP>

<ApplicationShortName=ShortName>whereShortNameistheshortnameforanapplicationthatyouspeciedin theApplicationssection.

<Name>Atextstring

<Version>Anumericvalue

Speciesthenameoftheapplication.

Speciestheversionoftheapplication.

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SectionCommandValueWhatitdoes

<Install_Directories>

Forexample:

<Install_Directories> <Install_Directory> <OS>WinXP</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory> <Install_Directory> <OS>Win2000</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory> </Install_Directories>

Root, PathAndKey

Speciesaregistrykey.SystemMigrationAssistantdetectsan applicationbysearchingforthespeciedregistrykey.

Forexample,

<Detects> <Detect> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname> Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\ </keyname> </Detect> </Detects>

<OS>

<Registry>hiveiseitherHKLM

Atextstring

orHKCU.

keynameisthe keyname.

valueisanoptional commandthat speciesthe registryvaluethat ismigrated.

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Speciestheoperatingsystem,andcanbeoneofthefollowing:

•WindowsVista

•WindowsXP

•Windows2000

•WindowsNT

•Windows98

Speciestheinstallationdirectoryasitappearsintheregistry.

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SMAVariable\Location[|File][/s]

Speciesthecustomizationlesthatyouwanttomigrate.

where

•SMAvariableisoneofthefollowing variablesthatspecifythelocationofthe customizationles:

–%WindowsDirectory%(locationof

operating-systemles)

–%InstallDirectory%(locationof

theapplicationasdenedinthe Install_Directoriessection)

–%AppdataDirectory%(theApplication

Datadirectory,whichisasubdirectoryof theuserproledirectory)

–%LocalAppdataDirectory%(the

ApplicationDatadirectoryintheLocal Settingsfolder,whichisasubdirectory oftheuserproledirectory)

–%CookiesDirectory%(theCookies

directory,whichisasubdirectoryofthe userproledirectory)

–%FavoritesDirectory%(theFavorites

directory,whichisasubdirectoryofthe userproledirectory)

–%PersonalDirectory%(thePersonal

directory,whichisasubdirectory(My Documents)oftheuserproledirectory. Thisenvironmentvariablecannotbe usedbyWindowsNT4.)

Forexample:

<Files_From_Folder> %AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi </Files_And_F olders>

SystemMigrationAssistantcapturesthelesin%AppData Directory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapifolder.Thelesinthe subdirectoriesarenotincluded.

<Files_From_Folder> %AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi\/s </Files_From_Folder>

SystemMigrationAssistantcapturesthelesin%AppData Directory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapifolder.Thelesinthe subdirectoriesareincluded.

<Files_From_Folder> %AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi\*.* </Files_From_Folder>

SystemMigrationAssistantcapturesthelesin%AppData Directory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapifolder.Thelesinthe subdirectoriesarenotincluded.

<Files_From_Folder> %AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi\*.*/s </Files_From_Folder>

SystemMigrationAssistantcapturesthelesin%AppData Directory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapifolder.Thelesinthe subdirectoriesareincluded.

<Files_From_Folder> %AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi </Files_From_Folder>

When"\"doesnotfollow"Whapi",SystemMigrationAssistanttreats "Whapi"notasafolderbutasale.

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•Locationspeciesafullyqualiedleor directory.Youcanusewildcardcharacters inthelenamebutnotthepath.Ifyou specifyadirectory,alllesarecopied.

•[File]isanoptionalparameterthatcanbe usedonlyifLocationspeciesadirectory, andFileistheletobecopied.Youcan usewildcardcharactersinthelenamebut notthepath.

•[/s]isanoptionalparameter.Ifyouuse[/s], alllesinsubdirectoriesarecopied.

•SMA5.0usercanuseWindowsenvironment variable.Theenvironmentvariableofthe userwhostartedSMAisusedasthevalue ofaWindowsenvironmentvariable.

Optional

hiveiseitherHKLMorHKCU.

Speciestheregistryentriesthatyouwanttomigrate.

keynameisthekeyname.Valueisanoptional commandthatspeciestheregistryvaluethat ismigrated.

<Registry_Excludes>

Optional

hiveiseitherHKLMorHKCU.

keynameisthekeyname.Valueisanoptional commandthatspeciestheregistryvaluethat ismigrated.

Forexample:

<Registries> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname> Software\Adobe\Acrobat </keyname> <value></value> </Registry> </Registries>

Speciesregistrykeysandvaluesthatyouwanttoexcludefromthe selectedregistryentries.

Forexample:

<Registry_Excludes> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname> Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\AdobeViewer </keyname> <value>xRes</value> </Registry> </Registry_Excludes>

<Files_Through_Registry>

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<OS>

Speciescustomizationlestobemigrated

speciestheoperatingsystemandisoneof thefollowingvalues:

•WindowsVista

•WinXP

•Win2000

•WinNT

•Win98

<Registry>speciestheregistryentryandis intheformathive,keyname,value,where:

•hiveiseitherHKLMorHKCU.

•keynameisthekeyname.

•valueisanoptionalcommandthatspecies

theregistryvaluetheismigrated.Fileisthe lename.Y oucanusewildcardcharacters.

Fileisthelename.Y oucanusewildcard characters.

<Files_From_Folders>

Optional

Forexample:

<Files_Through_Registries> <Files_Through_Registry> <OS>WinXP</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname> Software\Lotus\Organizer\99 .0\Paths </keyname> <value>Backup</value> </Registry> <File>*.*/s</File> </Files_Through_Registry> </Files_Through_Registries>

<PreT argetBatchProcessing>performsBatchprocessingbefore <Registries>processingbyApply.

Forexample:

<TargetBatchProcessing>performsBatchprocessingafter <Registries>processingbyApply.

Forexample:

Creatinganapplicationle

Todeterminewhichapplicationsettingsmustbemigratedforcustomapplicationles,youmustcarefully testtheapplications.

Completethefollowingstepstocreateanapplicationle:

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1.UseatexteditorthatcanhandleUnicodetoopenanexistingapplication.xmlle.IfyouinstalledSMAin thedefaultlocation,theapplication.xmllesarelocatedinthec:\%RR%\Migration\bin\Appsdirectory, wheredisthedriveletteroftheharddiskdrive.

2.Modifythisapplication.xmllefortheapplicationandapplicationssettingsthatyouwanttomigrate.

3.Modifytheinformationinthe<Applications>section.

4.Modifythe<Name>and<Verison>commandsinthe<ApplicationShortname=Shortname>section.

5.Determinetheregistrykeysthatmustbemigrated:

a.ClickStart,andthenclickRun.TheRunwindowopens.IntheOpeneld,typeregeditandclick

OK.TheRegistryEditorwindowopens.

b.Intheleftpane,expandtheHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEnode.

c.ExpandtheSoftwarenode.

d.Expandthevendor-specicnode,forexample,Adobe.

e.Continuenavigatinguntilyouhavelocatedtheregistrykeyfortheapplication.Inthisexample,the

registrykeyisSOFTWARE\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0.

f.SetthevalueoftheDetecteld.Forexample:

<Detects> <Detect <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe|acrobatReader\6.0<keyname> </Detect </Detects

6.ModifythenameandversioncommandsintheInstall_Directoriessection.

7.Determinethepathtotheinstallationdirectoriesfortheapplication.

a.FromtheRegistryEditorwindow,navigatetotheHKLM\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat

Reader\6.0\InstallPathnode.

b.AddtheappropriatecommandtotheInstall_Directoriessectionoftheapplicationle.Forexample:

<Install_Directory> <OS>WinXP</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

Note:Ifyoudonotndanapplication-specicdirectoryinthe HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppPathsdirectory,youmustlocateadirectory thatcontainstheinstallationpathelsewhereintheHKLM\Softwaretree.Then,usethatkeyin the<Install_Directories>section

8.Inthe<Files_FromFolders>section,specifythecustomizationlesyouwanttomigrate.

a.SincemanyapplicationsbydefaultsavelesintheDocumentsandsettingssubdirectory,checkthe

Applicationdatadirectoryfordirectoriesthatpertaintotheapplication.Ifoneexists,youcanusethe followingcommandtomigratethedirectoryandles:

<Files_From_Folder>SMAvariable\Location\[File][/s]</Files_From_Folder>

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whereLocation\isafullyqualiedleordirectory,and[File]isanoptionalparameterthatcan beusedonlyifLocation\speciesadirectory.IntheAdobeReaderexample,thecustomization lesareinthePreferencesdirectory.

b.Checkallrelateddirectoriesforpersonalsettingsthatmightbestoredthere.

c.ChecktheLocalSettingsdirectory.

9.Determineregistryentriesthatyouwanttomigrate.TheywillbeinHKCU(HKEY_CURRENT_USER).In the<Registries>sectionoftheapplicationle,addtheappropriatecommands.

10.Savetheapplication.xmlleinthec:\programles\lenovo\SystemMigrationAssistant\Migration\bin\apps directory,wherecisthedriveletteroftheharddiskdrive.

11.T estthenewapplicationle.

Exampleofanapplication.xmlleforAdobeReader

ThissectioncontainsanapplicationleforAdobeReader.

<?xmlversion="1.0"?> <Applications> <Family>AdobeAcrobatReader</Family> <SMA_Version>SMA5.0</SMA_Version> <APP>Acrobat_Reader_70</APP> <APP>Acrobat_Reader_60</APP> <APP>Acrobat_Reader_50</APP> <ApplicationShortName="Acrobat_Reader_50"> <AppInf o> <Name>Acrobat_Reader_50</Name> <Version>5.0</Version> <Detects> <Detect> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0</keyanme> </Detect> </Detects> </AppInf o>

<Install_Direcotry> <OS>Win2000</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>Win98</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\InstallPath<keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

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<Install_Directory> <OS>WinNT</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory> </Install_Directories>

<Files_From_Folders> <Files_From_Folder>%AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\Whapi\*.*/s </Files_From_Folder> <Files_From_Folder>%PersonalDirectory%\*.pdf </Files_From_Folder> </Files_From_Folders> <Files_Through_Registries> </Files_Through_Registries>

<Registries> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\Acrobat</keyname> </Registry> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader</keyname> </Registry>

<Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\PersistentData</keyname> </Registry> </Registries>

<Registry_Excludes> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\AdobeViewer</keyname> <value>xRes</value></Registry>

<Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\Adobe\Viewer</keyname> <value>yRes</value> </Registry>

<Registry_Excludes> <SourceBatchProcessing> </SourceBatchProcessing>

<ApplicationShortName="Acrobat_Reader_6.0"> <AppInf o> <Name>AdobeAcrobatReadr6.0<\Name> <Version>6.0</Version> <Detects> <Detect> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0</keyname>

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</Detect> </Detects> <\AppInf o>

<Install_Directories> <Install_Directory> <OS>WinXP</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>Win2000</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>Win98</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>WinNT</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory> </Install_Directories>

<Files_From_Folders> <Files_From_Folder>%AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\6.0\*.*/s </Files_From_Folder> <Files_From_Folder>%PersonalDirectory%\*.pdf </Files_From_Folder> </Files_From_Folders> <Files_Trough_Registries> </Files_Trough_Registries>

<Registries> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\Acrobat</keyname> </Registry>

<Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader</keyname> </Registry> </Registries>

<Registry_Excludes> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\AdobeViewer</keyname>

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<Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\Adobe\Viewer</keyname> <value>yRes</value> </Registry>

<Registry_Excludes>

<ApplicationShortName="Acrobat_Reader_7 .0"> <AppInf o> <Name>AdobeAcrobatReader7.0<\Name> <Version>6.0</Version> <Detects> <Detect> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0</keyname> </Detect> </Detects> <\AppInf o>

<Install_Directories> <Install_Directory> <OS>WinXP</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>Win2000</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>Win98</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value>

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</Registry> </Install_Directory>

<Install_Directory> <OS>WinNT</OS> <Registry> <hive>HKLM</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\InstallPath</keyname> <value>(Default)</value> </Registry> </Install_Directory> </Install_Directories>

<Files_From_Folders> <Files_From_Folder>%AppDataDirectory%\Adobe\Acrobat\7.0\*.*/s </Files_From_Folder> <Files_From_Folder>%PersonalDirectory%\*.pdf </Files_From_Folder> </Files_From_Folders>

<Files_Through_Registries> </Files_Through_Registries>

<Registries> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\Acrobat</keyname> </Registry> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader</keyname> </Registry> </Registries>

<Registry_Excludes> <Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\AdobeViewer</keyname> <value>xRes</value> </Registry>

<Registry> <hive>HKCU</hive> <keyname>Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7.0\Adobe\Viewer</keyname> <value>yRes</value> </Registry>

<Registry_Excludes> <SourceBatchProcessing> </SourceBatchProcessing>

<TargetBatchProcessing> <![CDATA[ if/i"%SourceApp%"=="Acrobat_Reader_50"gotoUpdate50 if/i"%SourceApp%"=="Acrobat_Reader_60"gotoUpdate60 gotoDone:Update50 regx "HKCU\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0" "HKCU\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7 .0" regx "HKLM\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\5.0\AdobeViewer" "HKLM\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7 .0\AdobeViewer" gotoDone:Update60 regx

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"HKCU\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0" "HKCU\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7 .0" regx "HKLM\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\6.0\AdobeViewer" "HKLM\Software\Adobe\AcrobatReader\7 .0\AdobeViewer" :Done]]> </TargetBatchProcessing> </Application> </Applications>

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Chapter5.Bestpractices

ThischapterprovidesbestpracticescenariostoinstallandcongureRescueandRecoveryforyour enterprise.Withinthischapter,youwillndthefollowingtopics:

•“Scenario1-Newrollouts”onpage75

•“Scenario2-InstallingonOEMsystems”onpage80

•“Scenario3-InstallingonT ype12servicepartition”onpage82

•“Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMlesandWindowsVista”onpage83

•“Scenario5-StandaloneinstallforCDorscriptles”onpage83

•“Scenario6-WorkingwithActiveDirectoryandADMles”onpage83

•“Scenario7-PerformingaBareMetalRestorefromanAdminBackup”onpage84

•“Scenario8-ManuallycreatingtheServicePartitionofSdrive”onpage85

Scenario1-Newrollouts

ThissectiondescribesinstallingRescueandRecoveryinanewrolloutonLenovo-brandedand

IBM

-brandedcomputers.

Preparingtheharddiskdrive

Therststeptoconsiderwhendeployingasystemispreparingtheharddiskdriveofyourdonorsystem. Inordertomakesureyouarestartingwithacleanharddiskdrive,youmustcleanouttheMasterBoot Recordontheprimaryharddiskdrive.

1.Removeallstoragedevices,suchassecondharddiskdrives,USBharddiskdrives,USBmemory keysandPCCardMemoryfromthedonorsystem,excepttheprimaryharddiskthatyouaregoing toinstallWindowson.

Attention:Runningthiscommandwillerasetheentirecontentsofthetargetharddiskdrive.After running,youwillbeunabletorecoveranydatafromthetargetharddiskdrive.

2.CreateaDOSbootdisketteandplacethecleandrv.exeleonit.

3.Bootthediskette(onlyonestoragedeviceattached).AttheDOSprompt,typethefollowingcommand:

CLEANDRV/HDD=0

4.Installtheoperatingsystemandapplications.Buildyourdonorsystemasthoughyouwerenotinstalling RescueandRecovery.ThelaststepintheprocessistoinstallRescueandRecovery.

Installing

ThisrststepintheinstallationprocessistheextractionoftheInstallShieldexecutabletotheC:\RRTEMP directory.IfyouaregoingtoinstallRescueandRecoveryonmultiplesystems,performingthisprocessone timewillreducetheinstallationtimeoneachmachinebyroughlyone-half.

1.AssumingthattheinstallationleislocatedintherootoftheCdrive,createaleEXE_EXTRACT.cmd, whichwillextractthelez696zisXXXXus00.exeforWindowsXPorthelez695zisXXXXus00.exefor WindowsVista(whereXXXXisthebuildID)totheC:\RRTEMPdirectory:

::ThispackagewillextracttheWWWEXEtothedirectoryc:\RRT empforan

::administrativeinstallation.

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@ECHOOFF ::ThisisthenameoftheEXE(Withoutthe.EXE)

setBUILDID=z696zisXXXXus00.exe

::Thisisthedriveletterforthez696zisXXXXus00.exe

::NOTE:DONOTENDTHESTRINGWITHA"\".ITISASSUMEDTONOTBETHERE.

SETSOURCEDRIVE=C:

::CreatetheRRT empdirectoryontheHDDfortheexplodedWWWEXMDc:\RRTemp

::ExplodetheWWWEXEtothedirectoryc:\RRTemp

start/WAIT%SOURCEDRIVE%\%BUILDID%/a/s/v"/qnTARGETDIR=c:\RRT emp"

Copyz696ZAB10YYUS00.tvtandZ333ZAA10ZZUS00.tvttoC:\rrtemp\

(whereYYandZZarebuildIDs)

copyz696ZAB10YYUS00.tvttoC:\RRT emp

copyZ333ZAA10ZZUS00.tvtC:toC:\RRT emp

Ifyouwantinstallationf orsupportedlanguagesbesidesUS,

copyz696ZAB10YYUS00.tvttoC:\RRT emp

(whereYYisthebuildIDandCCisthecountrycode).

copyz696ZAB10YYUS00.tvttoC:\RRT emp

2.Y oucanmakemanycustomizationsbeforetheinstallationoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram. Someexamplesinthisscenarioare:

•Changemaximumnumberofincrementalbackupsto4.

•SetRescueandRecoverytoperformanincrementalbackupeverydayat1:59p.m.tothelocal

harddiskdriveandcallitScheduled.

•HidetheRescueandRecoveryuserinterfacetoallusersnotinthelocalAdministratorsGroup.

3.Customizethedefaultrnrdeploy.xmlle.Someparameterscanbemodied.SeetheThinkVantage TechnologiesXML/ADMSupplementformoreinformation.

4.InthesamedirectoryastheinstallMSIle,createaninstall.cmdle,whichwillperformseveralactions:

•Copythecustomrnrdeploy.xmlleintotheinstallationpackagecreatedintheC:\RRTempdirectory:

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•PerformasilentinstallationoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramwithoutarebootattheend.

•StarttheRescueandRecoveryprogramsothatabasebackupcanbeperformed.

•Aftertheserviceisstarted,setuptheenvironmenttocreateanISOimageoftheRescueand RecoveryCD(thisisnormallyperformedaspartofareboot).

•CreatetheISOimage.

•Createthebasebackupandrebootthesystem.

5.Modifytheinstall.cmdcode.Thefollowingrepresentsthecodeforinstall.cmd:

::Copycustomrnrdeploy.xmlhere

copyrnrdeploy.xml"c:\RRTemp\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery"

::InstallusingtheMSIwithnoreboot(Remove"REBOOT="R""toforceareboot)

start/WAITmsiexec/i"c:\RRT emp\RescueandRecovery.msi"/qnREBOOT="R"

::Starttheservice.Thisisneededtocreateabasebackup.

start/WAITnetstart"RescueandRecoveryService"

::MakeanISOlehere-ISOwillresideinc:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\Rescueand Recovery\rrcd

Note:Youdonotneedtosetuptheenvironmentifthesystemisrebooted.

::Setuptheenvironment

setPATH=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24

setPATHEXT=.PYW;.PYO;.PYC;.PY

setTCL_LIBRARY=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24 \tcl\tcl8.4

setTK_LIBRARY=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24 \tcl\tk8.4

setPYTHONCASEOK=1

setRR=C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\

setPYTHONPATH="C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24"

::ThenextlinewillcreatetheISOsilentlyandnotburnit

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C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24\python C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc

::T akethebasebackup...servicemustbestarted

cd"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery"

RRcmd.exebackuplocation=Lname=Baselevel=0

::Rebootthesystem

C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\BMGR"/bmgr32.exe/R

Updating

Youmayneedtomakeamajorchangetoyoursystem,suchasaservicepackupdatetoWindows.Before youinstalltheservicepack,youforceanincrementalbackuponthesystemandidentifythatbackupby namebyperformingthefollowingsteps:

1.CreateaFORCE_BU.CMDleandpushitdowntoyourtargetsystems.

2.LaunchtheFORCE_BU.CMDleonceitisonthetargetsystems.

ThecontentsoftheFORCE_BU.CMDleare:

::Forceabackupnow

"%RR%rrcmd"backuplocation=Lname="BackupBef oreXP-SP2Update"

EnablingtheRescueandRecoverydesktop

AfterrealizingthebenetsoftheRescueandRecoveryprogramforaperiodoftime,youmaywanttobenet fromtheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.Fordemonstrationpurposes,asampleUPDATE_RRE.CMD scriptisprovidedinthefollowingsectionthatwillextractthecontrollefortheRescueandRecovery environment,whichyoucaneditandthenputbackintotheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentusing rrutil.exe.See“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31

TomodifythePredesktopArea,theUPDATE_RRE.CMDscriptdemonstratesseveralprocesses:

•Userrutil.exetogetalefromtheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.Thelestobeextractedfromthe RescueandRecoveryenvironmentaredenedbyinlegetlist.txt.

•CreateadirectorystructuretoputlesbackintothePredesktopAreaaftereditingtheappropriatele.

•Makeacopyoftheleforsafekeepingandtheneditit.

Inthisexample,youwanttochangethehomepagethatisopenedwhenanenduserclickstheOpenBrowser buttonintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.TheWebpagehttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantageopens.

Tomakethechange,whenNotepadopenswiththepdaguien.inile:

1.Changetheline:

formoreinformation.

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button13=8,"Openbrowser",Internet.bmp,1,1,0,

%tvtdrive%\Preboot\Opera\Opera.EXE,http://www.pc.lenovo.com/cgi-

bin/access_IBM.cgi?version=4&link=gen_support&country=__

COUNTRY__&language=__LANGUAGE__

button13=8,"Openbrowser",Internet.bmp,1,1,0,

%tvtdrive%\Preboot\Opera\Opera.EXE,

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

2.PutthenewversionintothedirectorystructureforplacinglesintotheRescueandRecovery environment.Fordetails,referto“UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility”onpage31.

3.RebootthesystemintotheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.

4.Afteryouanalyzethesystemanddeterminethattherearelesthatyoumustbackup,updatethe registrykeyatHKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\Settings\BackupList.

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Table26.UPDATE_RR.CMDscript

@ECHOOFF ::ObtainthePDAGUIen.inilefromtheRR c:\RRDeployGuide\RRUTIL\RRUTIL-ggetlist.txt c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal ::MakeadirectorytoputtheeditedleforimportbackintotheRR mdc:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\put\preboot\usrintfc ::Openthelewithnotepadandeditit. ECHO. ECHOEditthele c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal\PDAGUIen.ini

Filewillopenautomatically

pause ::Makeacopyoforiginalle copy c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal\preboot\usrintfc\PDAGUIen.ini c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal\preboot\usrintfc\ PDAGUIen.original.ini notepad c:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal\preboot\usrintfc\PDAGUIen.ini pause copyc:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\RROriginal\preboot\usrintf c\ PDAGUIen.inic:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\put\preboot\usrintfc ::PlacetheupdatedversionofthePDAGUIenintotheRR c:\RRDeployGuide\RRUTIL\RRUTIL-pc:\RRDeployGuide\GuideExample\put ECHO. ECHOReboottotheRRtoseethechange pause c:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\Common\BMGR\bmgr32.exe/bw/r

Creategetlist.txt:

\preboot\usrintfc\pdaguien.ini

Scenario2-InstallingonOEMsystems

ThissectiondescribesinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramonOEMcomputers.T oinstallthe RescueandRecoveryprogram,eightfreesectorsmustbeavailableintheMasterBootRecordonthe harddiskdrive.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramusesacustomBootManagerinordertoenterinto theRecoveryarea.

SomeOEMsstorepointerstotheirproductrecoverycodeintheMasterBootRecordsector.OEMproduct recoverycodemayinterferewiththeRescueandRecoveryBootManagerinstallation.

ConsiderthefollowingscenariosandbestpracticestoensuretheRescueandRecoveryprogramprovides thedesiredfunctionsandfeatures:

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Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option1

ThisscenariocoversnewimagedeploymentsthatincludetheRescueandRecoveryprogram.Ifdeploying theRescueandRecoveryprogramtoexistingOEMclientsthatcontainOEMproductrecoverycode,run thefollowingtesttodetermineiftheOEMproductrecoverycodeinterfereswiththeRescueandRecovery program:

1.SetupatestclientwiththeimagethatcontainstheOEMproductrecoverycode.

2.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogram.IfeightfreesectorsintheMasterBootRecord(MBR)donot existasaresultoftheOEMproductrecoverycode,youwillseethefollowingerrormessage:

Error1722.ThereisaproblemwiththisWindows

Installerpackage.Aprogramrunaspartofthe

setupdidnotnishasexpected.Contactyour

personnelorpackagevendor.

IfyouareusinganOEMimageforthebaseoperatingsystem,ensurethattheMasterBootRecorddoesnot containtheproductrecoverydata.Y oucandothisinthefollowingway:

Attention:Runningthefollowingcommandwillerasetheentirecontentsofthetargetharddiskdrive.After running,youwillbeunabletorecoveranydatafromthetargetharddiskdrive.

1.Usethecleandrv.exeavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnrtoensureall sectorsareclearedfromtheMasterBootRecordontheharddiskdrivethatyouplantouseto createyourbaseimage.

2.Packagetheimageaccordingtoyourproceduresfordeployment.

Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option2

DeployingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramonexistingclientsrequiressomeeffortandplanning.This scenarioprovidesanotheroptionforaharddrivesetup.

Note:IfyoureceiveError1722andneedtocreateeightfreesectors,calltheLenovohelpdesktoreport theerrorandobtainfurtherinstructions.

CreatingabootableRescueandRecoveryCD

TheRescueandRecoveryprogrambuildsandburnstherescuemediaCDfromthecurrentservicearea contents,ratherthanfromapre-assembledISOimage.However,ifanappropriateISO(.iso)imageis alreadypresent,becauseitwaspreloadedorbecauseithadbeenbuiltbefore,thatimagewillbeused toburntheCD,ratherthantocreateanewone.

Becauseoftheresourcesinvolved,onlyoneinstanceoftheCDburningapplicationmayberunningatany giventime.Ifitisrunning,attemptingtostartasecondinstancewillproduceanerrormessageandthe secondinstancewillabort.Inaddition,duetothenatureofaccessingprotectedareasoftheharddrive,only administratorscancreatetheISO.TheselesanddirectoriesareincludedontherecoveryCD:

•minint

•preboot

•win51

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•win51ip

•win51ip.sp2

Note:IfyoucreateanewISOimage,youmusthaveatleast400MBoffreespaceavailableonthesystem driveinordertocopythedirectorytreesandbuildtheISO.Movingthismuchdataaroundisaharddisk drive-intensivetask,andmighttakefteenormoreminutesonsomecomputers.

CreatingtherecoveryISOleandburningtoaCDsamplescriptle

TocreatetherecoveryISOleandburnittoaCDsamplescriptle,preparethefollowingcode.

::MakeanISOlehere-ISOwillresideinc:\SWTOOL S\rrcd

Note:Thefollowingsevenlinesofcode(inboldfont)areneededonlyifthesystemisnotrebootedafter install.

::Setuptheenvironment

setPATH=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24 setPATHEXT=.PYW;.PYO;.PYC;.PY setTCL_LIBRARY=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24 \tcl\tcl8.4 setTK_LIBRARY=%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24 \tcl\tk8.4 setPYTHONCASEOK=1 setRR=c:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\ setPYTHONPATH=C:\Programles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\logger

::ThenextlinewillcreatetheISOsilentlyandnotburnit

c:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24\pythonc:\ProgramFiles\ \CommonFiles\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc/scripted

::ThenextlinewillcreatetheISOwithuserinteractionandnotburnit

::c:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\Python24\pythonc:\ProgramFiles\ \CommonFiles\Lenovo\spi\mkspiim.pyc/scripted/noburn

Scenario3-InstallingonType12servicepartition

ThissectiondescribesinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramonaType12servicepartition.Youmust havethefollowinginordertoinstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramintoatype12servicepartition:

•TheSP.PQIle.Thisleincludesbasebootablelestocreateaservicepartition.

•PowerQuestPQDeploy

•LatestinstallerfortheRescueandRecoveryprogram

ThereareseveraloptionsrelatedtoinstallingtheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentinaservicepartition.

Note:Thetype12partitionmustresideinthelastusedentryinthepartitiontableonthesamedrivethat containsWindows.Y oucanusetheinformationonBMGR32todeterminewherethetype12partition residesontheharddiskdrive.Formoreinformation,see“TheRescueandRecoveryBootmanagercontrol (BMGR32)”onpage92

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Toperformtheinstallation,completethefollowingprocedure:

1.Leaveatleast700MBofunallocatedfreespaceattheendofthedrive.

2.UsingPowerQuestPQDeploy,restoretheSP .pqiletotheunallocatedfree-space.Ifyouneed additionalassistancewithPowerQuestPQDeploy,referencedocumentationfromPowerQuest.

3.Deletetheprimarypartitionscreatedinstep1(excepttheCdrive),andthenreboot.

Note:Systemvolumeinformationmaybeonthenewlycreatedservicepartition.Thesystemvolume informationneedstobedeletedthroughWindowsSystemRestore.

4.InstalltheRescueandRecoveryprogramandrestartwhenprompted.

Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMlesandWindowsVista

WindowsVistadeploymentisbasedondiskimagingwithImageX.ImageXutilizeslebasedimaging withWIMlesinsteadofsector-basedimageformats.Consideringthisformattingdevelopment,usethe followingstepswheninstallinganddeployingRescueandRecoveryonWindowsVista:

1.BoottoWindowsPE2.0

2.LaunchDiskpart

3.SelectDisk

4.CleanDisk

5.Createdesiredprimarypartitionofsizedesired

6.Makethepartitionactive

7.Assignthedriveletter(C)

8.ExitDiskpart

9.Formatdisksuchasc:/fs:ntfs/q/y/v:WinXP

10.Runbootsect/nt52

11.RunBMGR32.EXE/Fbootmgr.bin/M1/IBM/THINK

12.UseImagex.exetoapplyyourWIMletoC:

13.Reboot

FormoreinformationaboutWindowsVista,WIMles,orImageX,seethefollowingWebsite: http://www.microsoft.com

Scenario5-StandaloneinstallforCDorscriptles

ForastandaloneinstallforCDorscriptle,completethefollowingsteps:

1.UseonebatchletosilentlyinstallRescueandRecovery.

2.CongureBIOSpasswordrecoverysilently.

Scenario6-WorkingwithActiveDirectoryandADMles

ThefollowingexampleillustrateshowtheAdministrativeTemplatele(.adm)canbeusedlocallyandhowthe settingscanbeexportedthrougharegistryleandthenimportedtoallintendedmachines.Thisexample documentshowtohidetheAdvancedmenuinthemainuserinterface.

1.InstalltheRescueandRecovery4.21programonanimagemachine.

2.FromtheWindowsStartmenu,rungpedit.msc.

3.RightclickonAdministrativeTemplatesunderComputerConguration.

4.SelectAdd/RemoveT emplates.

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5.PresstheAddbuttonandthenselectthernr.admle.Thernr.adm lecanbeobtainedfromtheAdministrativetoolspackagelocatedat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

6.PresstheclosebuttonontheAdd/RemoveTemplatedialogbox.

7.ClicktheAdministrativeT emplatestabundertheComputerConguration.Anewtabnamed ThinkVantageispresent.UndertheThinkVantagetabtherewillbeaRescueandRecoverytab.Allthe availablesettingcanbecongurednowforthismachine.

8.GotoThinkVantage>RescueandRecovery>UserInterface>MenusanddoubleclickontheAdvanced Menutab.

9.SelectEnabledontheSettingstaboftheAdvancedMenuPropertiesdialogbox.

10.SelectHidefromthedropdownboxlabeledAdvancedMenu.

11.ClickOKontheAdvancedMenuPropertiesdialogbox.

12.FromtheWindowsStartmenu,runregedit.

13.Navigatetoandrightclickonthefollowingregistrykey:HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescueand Recovery.

14.ClickExport.

15.T ypethelenameintheFileNameeldontheExportRegistryFiledialogbox.

16.NavigatetoyourintendedpathintheSaveAseldontheExportRegistryFiledialogbox.

17.PresstheSavebutton.

Now,youcancreateaninstallationpackagethatwillinstallRescueandRecoverysilentlyandhavethe packageimportthisnewregistrykeysothatallmachineswillhavetheadvancedmenuhidden.Thiscanbe usedforanyofthesettingsintheADMle.

CorporateActiveDirectoryRollout

ForacorporateActiveDirectoryrollout,completethefollowingsteps:

1.InstalleitherthroughActiveDirectoryorLANDesk. a.TakebackupsandgetreportsthroughActiveDirectoryandLANDeskofwhoandwhentheywere

taken.

b.Givecertaingroupsabilitiestotakebackups,deletebackups,scheduleoptions,andpassword

restrictions,thenchangegroupsandseeifsettingspersists.

c.ThroughActiveDirectory,enableAntidoteDeliveryManager.Placepackagestoberunandmake

surereportingiscaptured.

Scenario7-PerformingaBareMetalRestorefromanAdminBackup

ThissectiondescribeshowtoperformaBareMetalRestorefromanadminbackupcreatedbyusinga command-linesuchasbelow:

rrcmdbasebackuplocation=Ulevel=100name="adminbackuponUSBHDD"

Note:Youcanchangethevalueofthenameparametertocreatebackupstootherlocations.Formodifying theRRCMDparameters,see“RRCMDcommand-lineinterface”onpage87.

SelecteitherofthefollowingmethodstoperformtheBareMetalRestore:

•MethodA:restorethesystembyusingthefollowingcommand-line:

rrcmdrestorelocation=Ulevel=100

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•MethodB:completetheprocedureasfollows:

1.LaunchtheadvanceduserinterfacefromPDA.

2.ClickRestoreyoursystem.

3.MakesuretoselectDonotpreservewindowspasswordsduringthefollowingrestoringprocess.

Scenario8-ManuallycreatingtheServicePartitionofSdrive

TomanuallycreatetheServicePartition(SP)ofSdriveintheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem,dothe following:

1.BootfromtheWindowsVistainstallationdiscandproceedtothedriveselectionmenu.

2.PressShift+F10toaccessthecommandline.

3.T ypediskpart,thenpressEnter.

4.T ocleantheharddiskdrive,followthecommandsbelow:

Note:Thecommandsarecasesensitive.

a.Diskpart>seldisk0

b.Diskpart>clean

5.Restartthecomputer.

6.BootfromtheWindowsVistainstallationdiscagainandproceedtothedriveselectionmenu.

7.CreatePartition1witha1GBsizefortheservicepartition.

8.CreatePartition2fortheoperatingsystem.

9.FormatPartition2andleavePartition1unformatted.

10.PressShift+F10toaccessthecommandline.

11.T ypediskpart,thenpressEnter.

12.Followthecommandsbelow:Note:Thecommandsarecasesensitive.

a.Diskpart>seldisk0

b.Diskpart>selpar1

c.Diskpart>formatfs=ntfslabel="SERVICEV003"quick

13.InstallWindowsVistaoperatingsystemonPartition2.

14.Wheninstallationcompletes,logintoWindows.

15.ChangethedriveletterofthePartition1toS.

16.ActivatePartition1.

17.CopyC:\boot*.*toS:\,andrestartthecomputer.

18.BootfromtheWindowsVistainstallationDVD,andclickRepairyourcomputertorepairtheoperating system.

19.RestartandlogintoWindows.

Whenyoucompletetheaboveprocedures,theServicePartitionwillbecreated,andthePredesktopArea leswillbecopiedtotheSdriveinsteadofthevirtualServicePartition.

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AppendixA.Administrativetools

ThinkVantagetechnologiesofferstoolsthatcanbeimplementedbycorporateIT administrators.ThesetoolscanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

Commandlinesupport

ThefollowingsectionsprovidecommandlinesupportforRescueandRecoveryinadditiontoAntidote DeliveryManager.

RRCMDcommand-lineinterface

TheprimaryRescueandRecoverycommand-lineinterfaceisRRCMD.Thecommandislocatedinthe C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\RescueandRecovery\subdirectory.Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationto usethecommand-lineinterfacefortheRescueandRecoveryprogram:

Syntax:

RRcmdcommandlter=lterlelocation=c[name=abc|level=x][silent]

Table27.RRcmdparameters

CommandResult

Backup

Restore

List

Basebackup

Sysprepbackup

Initiateanormalbackupoperation(mustincludelocationandnameparameters).

Initiateanormalrestoreoperation(mustincludelocationandlevel).

Listlesthatareincludedinthebackuplevel(mustincludelocationandlevel).

Initiateanalternativebasebackup.Thisisnottobeusedasabasisforincremental backups,andmustincludethelocation,nameandlevel.Thelevelmustbelessthan

99.Ifanotherbasebackupwiththesamelevelalreadyexists,itwillbeoverwritten.

StageabackupoperationinthePreDesktopAreaafterthecomputerisrebooted.The primaryuseforthisfeatureistocaptureaSysprepbackup.

Notes:

1.Insomecases,theprogressbardoesnotmove.Ifthisoccurs,youcanverify thebackupisoccurringbylisteningtotheharddiskdrive.Whenthebackupis complete,youwillreceiveamessagethatthebackupiscomplete.

2.IfyouaresettingapasswordwhencreatingaSysprepbackuptothenetworkthen thepasswordlewillnotbewrittentothebackuplocationuntilanincremental backupistaken.Thefollowinginformationprovidestwoworkalternatemethods:

a.CreatealocalSysprepbackupandcopythebackupstoeitherthenetwork

ortheUSB.

b.CreateanincrementalbackuptothenetworkortheUSBaftertheSysprep

backupandeitherkeepordeletetheincrementalbackup.

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CommandResult

Copy

Copybackupsfromonelocationtoanother.Thiscommandisalsoknownasarchive andmustincludethelocation.

Rejuvenate

Delete

Changebase

Migrate

Filter=lterle

Location=c

Rejuvenateoperatingsystemtothespeciedbackup.

Deletebackups.Thiscommandmustincludethelocation.

Changelesinallbackupsbasedonle.txtcontents.Optionsinle.txtare:

AAdd

DDelete

RReplace

Createmigrationlefromabackup.

Filesandfoldersthatwillberestored.ThiscommandisusedonlywiththeRestore command.

Oneormoreofthefollowingcanbeselectedwiththeassociatedresult:

LForprimarylocalharddrive

UForUSBharddrive

SForsecondlocalharddrive

name=abc

level=x

NFornetwork

CForCD/DVDRestore

Whereabc,isthenameofthebackup.

Wherexisanumberfrom0(forthebase)tomaximumnumberofincrementalbackups (onlyusedwiththerestoreoption.Forbackupcommands,thelevel=xcommandis onlyrequiredifperforminganadministratorbackup(equaltoorgreaterthan100, forexample).

Notes:

1.T orestorefromthelatestbackup,donotprovidethisparameter.

2.Allbackupandrestorefeaturesareroutedthroughtheservicesothatthe appropriatesequencingcanbemaintained,callbacksareperformed,forexample. Thebackupcommandisreplacedwiththecommand-lineoptions.)

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CommandResult

BootmanagerConguration FileFormat

Theformatofthebootmanagercongurationleisbackwardcompatiblewiththe previousversionofbootmanager.Anyswitchnotshowbelowisnotsupported.The leformatisatextlewitheachentryisonaseparateline.

<PROMPT1=thisisthetextthatwillappearonF11prompt> <KEY1=F11> <WAIT=40>

Oslter

Thiscommandisusedonlywiththerestorecommand.Itusestheregistrysettings forOsAppsListtolterlesbeingrestored.Thiscommandlineentrycanbeusedto doanOsAppsrestore.

Howtoreplacelesinabasebackup

Toreplacealeinyourbackups:

1.Modifyaleorlesthatexistinthebackups,forexample:c:\install.log

2.Createaleintherootofc:\,calledle.txt.

3.Editle.txtandaddthefollowingpathfortheleyoumodied:R=<fullpathtotheleyoumodied>. Thefollowingprovidesanexample:

R=c:\install.log

Note:Y oumusthavethisle.txtclosed.

4.RunRRCMDChangebaselename=c:\le.txtdrive=c:destination="c:\RRBACKUPS"

Note:Checksinglelerestorewiththeuserinterfacetonoticechangeinsize.

CLEANDRV.EXE

Thecleandrv.exelecleansthedriveofallles.Therewillbenooperatingsystemafterrunningthis command.See“Scenario4-InstallingwithWIMlesandWindowsVista”onpage83

formoreinformation.

CONVDATE

TheCONVDATEutilityisprovidedaspartoftheRescueandRecoveryAdministrationtools.Thisutilityis usedtodeterminetheHEXvaluesofdateandtimeandtoconvertdateandtimevaluesintoHEXvalues,and canbeusedtosetacustomdateandtimeinabackupeldoftheregistry.

[Backup0] StartTimeLow=0xD5D53A20 StartTimeHigh=0x01C51F46

ToruntheCONVDATEutility,completethefollowingsteps:

1.ExtracttheRescueandRecoveryAdministrationtoolsfrom: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr

2.OpenaCMDwindows

3.T ypeinConvdate

4.T oconvertDWORDValues,typethedateandtimeintheSelectdateandtimeelds.

Notes:Thecorrespondingregistrylevaluesare:

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•HighDWORD=StartTimeHigh

•LowDWORD=StartTimeLow

CREATSP

ThiscommandcreatesapartitionforServicePartitionbydesiredmegabytes.Thedriveletterisoptional.

Thesyntaxis:

createspsize=xdrive=x/y

TheparametersforCREATSPare:

Table28.

ParametersDescription

size=x

drive=x

/ySuppressesconrmationofthedrivebeingcleaned.This

Sizeofservicepartitiontocreate,inmegabytes.

Thedrivenumbertocreatetheservicepartitionon.Ifnot specied,therstnon-USBdriveisused.Thisparameter isoptional.

parameterisoptional.

Note:Thebmgr32.exelemustbeinthesamedirectoryasthecreatesp.exele,andshouldberunfrom WinPE.

InvAgent

TheInvAgentcommandcanbefoundinC:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\InvAgent\IA.exe.

TheIA.execreatesalocalXMLoutputlethatitstoresinthesamefolder.

OneXMLlewillbecreated.ThenameoftheXMLleiscreatedbycombiningmanufacturer,model-type, andserialnumber,forexample,Lenovo-2373Q1U-99MA4L7.XML.

Thescannercanberunfromacommand-linebyusingthefollowingcommand-linesyntax:

•-helpShowashorthelpmessage.

•-listsectionsListalloftheavailablesectionsofsysteminformation.

•-listtablesListallofthesectionsandthetablesofsysteminformation.

•-silentRunwithnooutputtothescreen.

•-sectionsection1sectiont2...ReturnintheXMLoutputleonlythedatafromthespeciedsection(s).

•-vpdOnlycollectthevitalproductdata.

•-levelnSectionsaregroupedintolevels;n=1istheleastamountofinformation,n=5isthemost information.

•-querydata.element.strReturnsthevalueofthespecieddataelement.

•-registerlename.ccdRegistersacustomcollectorDLLwiththeagent.

•-unregisterlename.ccdRemovesacustomcollectorDLLfromtheregisteredlist.

•-deletelename.ccdDeletesthecustomcollectorDLLandanyassociatedles.

•-installRunbyanadminaccounttoinstallanydriversneededfordatacollection.

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MapDrv

MapDrvprovidesnetworksharefunctionsforThinkVantageTechnologyproducts.MapDrvisusedto connectanddisconnectThinkVantageTechnologyproductswithnetworkshares.Thenetworkshare informationiscontainedintheregistryandincludesthenetworksharenameasanencryptedstring.Network shareinformationisstoredintheregistryatHKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND\<appid>.

IfanActiveDirectorypolicyisused,thesevaluesarestoredat:HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\<app id>.

MapDrvallowsyoutousetheencryptionenginetogenerateanencryptedusernameandpassword,which canbeusedtopre-populatenetworkshareinformationonmultiplesystems.Byusingtheencryptionengine, itdoesnotupdatetheregistryinthesystemit'srunningon.

Thecommand-lineinterfacetoMapDrvisasfollows:

mapdrv/<function><appid>/unc<sharename>/user<username>/pwd<password>[/timeout<seconds>] [/s]

TheMapDrvcommandwillimplementtheuserinterfacetomapanetworkdrive.Themapdrv.execommand canbefoundintheC:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\Lenovo\MNDdirectory.Themapnetworkdrive interfacesupportsthefollowingparameters:

Syntax:

mapdrv[switches]

Enteringthecommandwithnoparameterslaunchestheapplicationandtheinformationmustbeentered manually.

Thereturncodesforallparametersare:

•0=success

•>0=failed

WhenMapDrvislaunchedwithnoparameters,theuserispromptedforthenetworkshare,username,and password.Itthenattemptstoconnecttothespeciednetworkshareusingthespeciedcredentials.

ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttheparametersandtheresultofeachparameterforMapDrv:

Table29.MapDrvparameters

ParameterResult

/view

/pwd

Allowsaviewofthenetworkshare.

Providestheencryptedpasswordforthisshare.

/store

StoresapplicationID,sharename,username,passwordandtimeoutvalues.

SettoSilent.Donotprompttheuserregardlessofwhetherconnectionismade.

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ParameterResult

/timeout

Setsthetimeoutvalue.

/unc

/user

/NetPath

Thestorednetworkshare.

Setsthestoredencryptedusernameforthisshare.

SetsthevalueoutputfromMapDrvtoindicatetheactualconnectionpath.

UsingMapDrv

ThefollowingexamplesprovideinstructiononhowtouseMapDrv:

TostorenetworkshareinformationforaThinkVantageTechnologyproduct

ThisfunctionstoresthenetworkshareinformationintheregistrytodenethesubkeyfromthemainMapDrv registrykey.ThefollowingcommandsetstheUnc,UserandPwdvaluesintheregistry:

mapdrv/store<appid>/unc<sharename>/user<username>/pwd<password>

[/timeout<seconds>]

ToconnectanetworkshareandaThinkVantageTechnologyproduct

ThefollowingcommandconnectstotheshareusingtheUnc,User,andPwdvaluesintheregistry:

mapdrv/connect<appid>[/s]

TodisconnectanetworkshareandaThinkVantageTechnologyproduct

ThefollowingcommanddisconnectsthenetworkshareforthespeciedThinkVantageTechnology ifcurrentlyconnected:

mapdrv/disconnect<appid>

Todisplayencryptedusernameandpasswordstrings

Thefollowingcommandisusedtodisplaythenetworkshareinformationsavedintheregistrykey:

mapdrv/view<appid>/user<username>/pwd<password>

TheRescueandRecoveryBootmanagercontrol(BMGR32)

Thebootmanagerinterfacecommand-lineinterfaceisBMGR32.ItresidesinthedirectoryC:\Program Files\CommonFiles\Lenovo\BMGR.ThefollowingtablepresentstheswitchesandtheirresultsforBMGR32.

92RescueandRecovery4.23DeploymentGuide

Lenovo 15 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

Chapter1.Overview

PredesktopArea

Windowsenvironment

AntidoteDeliveryManager

Rejuvenatingandmigrating

Hintsandtips

Chapter2.Installation

Installationconsiderations

Upgradingconsideration

CompatibilitywithComputrace,StorageManagementSubsystem,and WindowsRecoveryConsole

Installationrequirements

RequirementsforinstallationonLenovocomputers

Requirementsforinstallationonnon-Lenovocomputers

InstallingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram

Administrativeinstallation

Installationcomponents

RescueandRecoverycustomizedpublicproperties

RescueandRecoveryenvironmentalvariables

IncludingtheRescueandRecoveryprograminadiskimage

UsingPowerQuestDriveImagebasedtoolswiththeRescueand Recoveryprogram

UsingSymantecGhostbasedtoolswiththeRescueandRecovery program

CompatibilitywithBitLocker

CompatibilitywithBitLockerwithoutTPM

BestpracticeofBitLockerencryptiononasystemwiththeRescueand Recoveryprogram

Recoverymethods

Filerescue

Operatingsystemandapplicationsrestore

Rejuvenation

Fullrestore

Customrecovery

Backups

Schedulingbackupsandassociatedtasks

Mappinganetworkdriveforbackups

Sysprepbackuporrestore

Passwordpersistence

Batterypowersettingsforbackups

MicrosoftMessageQueuing(MSMQ)

Settingthebasebackuplocation

WindowsVistaconsiderations

UsingtheRRUTIL.EXEutility

RemovingFactoryRestore

Troubleticket

Changingthevideoresolution

Startupapplications

Passwords

Chapter4.Rejuvenationandmigration

Filecommands

File-migrationcommands

Migratingadditionalapplicationsettings

Chapter5.Bestpractices

Scenario1-Newrollouts

Preparingtheharddiskdrive

Installing

Updating

EnablingtheRescueandRecoverydesktop

Scenario2-InstallingonOEMsystems

Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option1

Bestpracticesforharddrivesetup:Option2

Scenario3-InstallingonType12servicepartition

CorporateActiveDirectoryRollout

Scenario7-PerformingaBareMetalRestorefromanAdminBackup

Scenario8-ManuallycreatingtheServicePartitionofSdrive

AppendixA.Administrativetools

Commandlinesupport

RRCMDcommand-lineinterface

CLEANDRV.EXE

CONVDATE

CREATSP

InvAgent

MapDrv

TheRescueandRecoveryBootmanagercontrol(BMGR32)