Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 - Manual (Page 34)

** Next time the machine boots, it will boot **
** to the Predesktop Area and take a backup. **
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7. Shut down and reboot the system when Sysprep backup is complete.
Note: The operating system will reboot into the Predesktop Area of the Rescue and Recovery program.
The status bar with the message System Restore in Progress will be displayed.
8. Restart the system.
9. Capture the image for deployment.
Supported Sysprep multiple drive configurations
Windows PE drive enumeration may be different from the Windows main operating system enumeration for
primary partitions. If you wish to back up a partition other than the primary partition, for example C:\, you
must set the Backup partition type to Extended.
Note: A Sysprep backup operation will fail if the drive letters of the partitions are changed after the Sysprep
backup operation starts.
Password persistence
The following table shows considerations for deciding whether to use password persistence.
Table 14. Password persistence considerations
Issue Impact if password persistence is enabled
If a user logs into an old backup with the current account
and password, then none of the Encrypted File system files
and folders will work because those files were encrypted
against the original account and password, but not the
current account and password. • The user will lose Encrypted File System data.
• You cannot use Encrypted File System and password
persistence together.
If a user does not exist on a backup, the user will not have
any of user folders or files. All Internet Explorer favorites
and application data do not exist. • The User ID documents settings are not set.
• Potential data loss
Deleting the user ID in the current accounts and passwords
will remove the user ID authentication information from all
the backups. • User does not have access to data.
If a manager or a network administrator wanted to delete
the access of several ex-employees and wanted to restore
to the base backup to reset the system to remove all of
the employees authentication accounts, the ex-employees
would still have access with password persistence. • This is not a standard operation of the Microsoft User
ID maintenance practices and recommendations.
When restoring from a local hard disk drive, the current password will be used when Password Persistence
is selected. When restoring from the USB hard disk drive or the network, the password of the most recent
backup will be used.
EFS file limitation
The date and time stamp attributes are not preserved for EFS files restored by the Rescue and Recovery
program. All other files will retain their original date and time.
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