Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkCentre A62 Deployment Manual

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . 1
Predesktop Area . . .
Windows environment .
Rejuvenating . . . .
Hints and Tips. . . .
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation considerations .
Installing the Rescue and Recovery program.
Installation requirements .
Installation components.
Installation log files .
Rescue and Recovery installation
Rescue and Recovery environmental variables .
Compatibility with BitLocker
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 15
XML and ADM file configurations .
Recovery methods . .
Single file restore .
File rescue . . . .
Operating system and applications
Restore system drive only
Rejuvenation . . .
Full restore . . .
Custom recovery .
Backups . . . . .
Scheduling backups and associated tasks
Sysprep Backup/Restore .
Mapping a network drive for backups .
Password Persistence .
EFS file limitation .
Battery power settings for backups
Completing a backup .
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) .
Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment
Using the Rescue and Recovery program in the
Windows environment
Working with the Predesktop Area
Working with WIM files and ImageX .
Using RRUTIL.EXE .
Customizing the preboot environment .
Configuring the Opera browser.
Changing the video resolution .
Startup applications
Passwords . . . .
Password access . .
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Log files . .
Create Rescue Media .
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Scenario 1 - New rollouts .
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Preparing the hard disk drive .
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Installing .
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Updating .
Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop .
Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems .
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Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1 .
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Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 2 .
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Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files and Windows
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Scenario 4 - Standalone install for CD or script files
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Scenario 5 - Working with Active Directory and
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ADM files . .
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Corporate Active Directory Rollout
Scenario 6 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from
an Admin Backup .
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Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition
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of S drive . .
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Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 61
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Command line support
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Mailman .
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AWizard.exe .
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SETPASSWORD .
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RELOADSCHED
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RRCMD command-line interface .
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CLEANDRV.EXE
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CONVDATE .
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CREATSP .
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InvAgent .
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MapDrv .
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Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control
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(BMGR32) .
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BMGR CLEAN .
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Active Directory Support .
Administrative (ADM) template files .
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Group Policy settings .
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Appendix B. User tasks . . . . . . . 83
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Windows 7 .
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Create rescue media
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Rescue and Recovery user interface switching .
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Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . . 85
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