Lenovo ThinkPad SL300 User Manual
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Additional modules, such as application modules and device-driver modules also are located in the service
partition or HPA. Any of the modules contained in the service partition or HPA can be imported into the
ImageUltra Builder repository. Additionally, the ImageUltra Builder program enables you to import modules
from ThinkCenter and ThinkPad Product Recovery CDs and build your own application modules, device
driver modules, and operating-system modules.
An Ultra-Portable Image enables you to use a common base module with various combinations of
device-driver and application modules to produce department-unique or user-unique images. Because of
the modular construction and reuse of modules, Ultra-Portable Images are much more efficient to store
than traditional images.
As you are developing an Ultra-Portable Image, the ImageUltra Builder program also enables you to
predefine default user settings through an UNATTEND.TXT file in Windows XP or an UNATTEND.XML file
in Windows Vista or Windows 7, or implement a process that prompts the person installing the image to
provide all necessary user settings near the beginning of the installation process. The settings are stored
and provided to the Windows setup program when needed. This feature minimizes the amount of time that
someone needs to be present at a target computer during the installation process.
Ultra-Portable Images are typically limited to a single-partition installation. During the installation process,
any unused disk space is made into a single C partition, and the Ultra-Portable Image is installed in that
partition. However, if you need to create one or more additional partitions, you can create a unique type
of operating-system module called a partitioning module and set the sequence of the installation so
the partitioning module is installed before the base operating-system module. The partitioning module
contains all of the information required to create the additional partition and all of the data to be placed in
the additional partition. You also use partitioning modules to delete one or more existing partitions on a
target computer before the new image is installed.
For more information about preparing modules, see Chapter 8 “Preparing source files for modules” on
page 123.
Portability of an Ultra-Portable Image
From a technical perspective, the same base operating-system module and most application modules can
be used on virtually any personal computer. The high portability of the Ultra-Portable Image is limited only by
the PID assigned to a base operating-system module.
• I386 base operating-system modules and Windows Vista or Windows 7 UNATTEND.XML modules that
you develop through the ImageUltra Builder program are virtually hardware independent and limited only
by the licensing agreement between you and the Microsoft Corporation that is associated with the
PID you assign. You specify the PID in an associated UNATTEND.TXT module in Windows XP or an
UNATTEND.XML module in Windows Vista or Windows 7 either as the Product ID setting in the Windows
2000 version of the UNATTEND.TXT file or the ProductKey setting in the Windows XP version of the
UNATTEND.TXT file. Additional information about the UNATTEND.TXT and UNATTEND.XML modules,
and UNATTEND.TXT and UNATTEND.XML source files is discussed later in this user guide.
• ImageUltra-developed base-operating-system modules that you import from a new Lenovo branded
personal computer can be used on other Lenovo branded personal computers only, not on non-Lenovo
branded computers. For a listing of Lenovo branded HIIT-enabled personal computers, go to the
ImageUltra Web site at:
Note: Do not install an Ultra-Portable Image that contains an imported, ImageUltra-developed base
operating-system module on a non-Lenovo branded computer. If you attempt to install an Ultra-Portable
Image on a non-Lenovo branded computer, the deployment and installation should complete without
error; however, you might be violating terms of the Microsoft Windows End User License Agreement
and the license agreement for this product. Also, in the case of Windows XP, an Ultra-Portable Image
containing an imported ImageUltra-developed base operating-system module will work for only 30 days
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ImageUltra Builder capabilities
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