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Consider

the

following

scenarios

and

best

practices

to

ensure

Rescue

and

Recovery

provides

the

desired

functions

and

features:

Best

practices

for

hard

drive

setup:

Option

1

This

scenario

covers

new

image

deployments

that

include

Rescue

and

Recovery.

If

deploying

Rescue

and

Recovery

to

existing

OEM

clients

that

contain

OEM

product

recovery

code,

run

the

following

test

to

determine

if

the

OEM

product

recovery

code

interferes

with

Rescue

and

Recovery:

1.

Set

up

a

test

client

with

the

image

that

contains

the

OEM

product

recovery

code.

2.

Install

Rescue

and

Recovery.

If

eight

free

sectors

in

the

Master

Boot

Record

(MBR)

do

not

exist

as

a

result

of

the

OEM

product

recovery

code,

you

will

see

the

following

error

message:

Error

1722.

There

is

a

problem

with

this

Windows

Installer

package.

A

program

run

as

part

of

the

setup

did

not

finish

as

expected.

Contact

your

personnel

or

package

vendor.

If

you

are

using

an

OEM

image

for

the

base

operating

system,

ensure

that

the

Master

Boot

Record

does

not

contain

the

product

recovery

data.

You

can

do

this

in

the

following

way:

Attention:

Running

the

following

command

will

erase

the

entire

contents

of

the

target

hard

disk

drive.

After

running,

you

will

be

unable

to

recover

any

data

from

the

target

hard

disk

drive.

1.

Use

the

cleandrv.exe

available

from

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

at:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

to

ensure

all

sectors

are

cleared

from

the

Master

Boot

Record

on

the

hard

disk

drive

that

you

plan

to

use

to

create

your

base

image.

2.

Package

the

image

according

to

your

procedures

for

deployment.

Best

practices

for

hard

drive

setup:

Option

2

Deploying

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

program

on

existing

clients

requires

some

effort

and

planning.

This

scenario

provides

another

option

for

a

hard

drive

setup.

Note:

If

you

receive

Error

1722

and

need

to

create

eight

free

sectors,

call

the

Lenovo

help

desk

to

report

the

error

and

obtain

further

instructions.

Creating

a

bootable

Rescue

and

Recovery

CD

Rescue

and

Recovery

builds

and

burns

the

rescue

media

CD

from

the

current

service

area

contents,

rather

than

from

a

pre-assembled

ISO

image.

However,

if

an

appropriate

ISO

(.iso)

image

is

already

present,

because

it

was

preloaded

or

because

it

had

been

built

before,

that

image

will

be

used

to

burn

the

CD,

rather

than

to

create

a

new

one.

Because

of

the

resources

involved,

only

one

instance

of

the

CD

burning

application

may

be

running

at

any

given

time.

If

it

is

running,

attempting

to

start

a

second

instance

will

produce

an

error

message

and

the

second

instance

will

abort.

In

addition,

due

to

the

nature

of

accessing

protected

areas

of

the

hard

drive,

only

administrators

can

create

the

ISO.

These

files

and

directories

are

included

on

the

recovery

CD:

v

minint

v

preboot

Chapter

5.

Best

Practices

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