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Installing rescue and recovery, Installation requirements, Requirements for ibm and lenovo computers – Lenovo ThinkPad R50p User Manual

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Installing

Rescue

and

Recovery

The

Rescue

and

Recovery

installation

package

was

developed

with

InstallShield

10.5

Premier

as

a

Basic

MSI

project.

InstallShield

Premier

10.5

uses

the

Windows

Installer

to

install

applications,

which

gives

administrators

many

capabilities

to

customize

installations,

such

as

setting

property

values

from

the

command

line.

This

chapter

describes

ways

to

use

and

execute

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

setup

package.

For

a

better

understanding,

read

the

entire

chapter

before

you

begin

to

install

this

package.

Note:

When

installing

this

package,

please

refer

to

the

Readme

file

that

is

posted

on

the

Lenovo

web

page

at:

http://lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK

The

Readme

file

contains

up-to-the-minute

information

on

software

versions,

supported

systems,

system

requirements,

and

other

considerations

to

help

you

with

the

installation

process.

Installation

requirements

This

section

addresses

system

requirements

for

installing

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

package

on

Think

branded

systems.

A

number

of

legacy

computers

from

IBM

®

can

support

Rescue

and

Recovery

provided

that

they

meet

the

requirements

specified.

For

best

results,

make

sure

that

you

have

the

latest

version

of

the

software

installed.

To

obtain

the

latest

version

of

Rescue

and

Recoveryand

information

about

IBM-branded

computers

that

support

Rescue

and

Recovery,

see

the

following

Lenovo

Web

site:

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

Requirements

for

IBM

and

Lenovo

computers

IBM-branded

and

Lenovo-branded

computers

must

meet

or

exceed

the

following

requirements

to

install

Rescue

and

Recovery:

v

Operating

system:

Windows

Vista,

Microsoft

Windows

XP

with

Service

Pack

1

or

Windows

2000

with

Service

Pack

3

or

greater.

v

Memory:

128

MB

for

Windows

2000

and

Windows

XP,

512

MB

for

Windows

Vista

In

shared

memory

configurations,

the

BIOS

setting

for

maximum

shared

memory

must

be

set

to

no

less

than

8

MB.

In

non-shared

memory

configurations,

120

MB

of

non-shared

memory.

Note:

If

a

computer

has

less

than

200

MB

of

non-shared

memory,

Rescue

and

Recovery

will

run;

however,

the

user

will

be

unable

to

start

more

than

one

application

in

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

environment.

v

Internet

Explorer

5.5

or

greater

must

be

installed.

v

2.4

GB

of

free

space

on

your

hard

drive.

v

VGA-compatible

video

that

supports

a

resolution

of

800

x

600

and

24-bit

color.

v

Supported

Ethernet

card.

v

User

must

have

administrative

privileges.

Requirements

for

installing

non-IBM

or

non-Lenovo

computers

Installation

on

non-IBM

or

non-Lenovo

computers

have

the

following

requirements:

Installation

requirements:

2.4

GB

of

free

hard

disk

space.

The

base

install

uses

930

MB.

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Rescue

and

Recovery

4.2

Deployment

Guide