Appendix B. User Tasks; Windows 7; Create Rescue Media - Lenovo ThinkCentre A62 Deployment Manual

Appendix B. User tasks

Users belonging to different user groups have different rights and abilities to
perform various user tasks.

Windows 7

The following table presents the tasks that the limited users, power users, and
administrators can perform with the Rescue and Recovery program in a Windows
7 environment.

Create rescue media

Administrators can use the following command lines to create the Rescue Media
ISO. These command lines enable you to make the required ISO file and the file is
automatically placed in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrcd\
directory:
:: This line will create the ISO silently and not burn it
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Table 39. Windows 7 user tasks
Tasks
Create rescue media ISO.
Create bootable CD media.
Create USB hard disk drive
bootable media.
Initiate backup.
Initialize restore operation in the
Rescue and Recovery environment
(RRE).
Perform single-file restore
operation in the Rescue and
Recovery environment.
Set options to be included or
excluded in the Rescue and
Recovery interface.
Backup to a network drive.
Schedule backups.
Carry over Predesktop Area login
ID
Note: The last Windows
administrator ID is the only ID that
can automatically be carried over
from Windows to the Predesktop
Area. Windows limited users and
power users will need to retype
their user IDs and passwords to
log on to the Predesktop Area.
Limited user Power user
No No
Yes Yes
No No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No (Windows) No (Windows)
Yes (Windows Yes (Windows
Pre Boot Area) Pre Boot Area)
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
Administrator
Yes (with
command lines
provided below)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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