Chapter 2. Installation
Prior to installing the Rescue and Recovery program, you can customize the
Rescue and Recovery XML file for your enterprise and then deploy it to client
systems. The XML file packaged with the Rescue and Recovery program is named
rnrdeploy.xml. Once the XML file is customized and installed, settings for the
Rescue and Recovery program are managed with the registry or Active Directory.
For more information, see the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement for the
deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools
page:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-
ADMIN#rnr
Installation considerations
The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces. The primary interface
operates in the Microsoft Windows environment. The secondary interface, the
Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area, operates independently of the Windows
operating system, in the Windows PE environment.
The Rescue and Recovery program 4.3 is designed for the Windows 7 operating
system. The earlier versions of the Rescue and Recovery program for Windows
2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista
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cannot be installed on the Windows 7
operating system. Therefore, the Windows Installer program does not support the
overinstall behavior from previous versions of the Rescue and Recovery program.
It is recommended to make a new backup after installing the Rescue and Recovery
program 4.3 to your Windows 7 operating system. You can make the backup by
using either a script or the user interface.
Notes:
1. The Rescue and Recovery program only works with the non-BIOS version of
Computrace if the Rescue and Recovery program is installed first, and then
Computrace is installed.
2. If you attempt to install Storage Management Subsystem on a computer with
the Rescue and Recovery program installed with the Windows PE area already
installed as a virtual partition, then Storage Management Subsystem will not
install. Both Windows PE and Storage Management Subsystem use the
C:\minint directory for its file system. The way to have both installed at the
same time is to install the Rescue and Recovery program as a type 0x07
partition. See “Scenario 6 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from an Admin
Backup” on page 58 for instructions.
3. A possible security risk may be created when the Microsoft Recovery Console is
installed on a system with the Rescue and Recovery program. Microsoft
Recovery Console looks for all folders with the path C:\*\system32\config\
and if it finds that path it assumes it is an operating system. If the registry
entries that require a Windows password are not present, then recovery console
will allow a user to choose the operating system and then gain access to the
entire hard drive without needing to enter a password.
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