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Schedulingbackupsandassociatedtasks
TheschedulerisnotdesignedtobespecictotheRescueandRecoveryprogram;however,the
congurationisstoredintheregistry.WhentheRescueandRecoveryprogramisinstalled,itwillpopulate
theschedulerwiththeappropriatesettings.
Hereisadescriptionofthestructureforthescheduler:
•Location:Installfolder.
•Entryforeachscheduledtask.
•Scripttorun.
•Namedpipetobeusedforprogressnotications.Thisisanoptionalsetting.
•Scheduleinformationmonthly,weekly,daily,weekday,orweekend-multipleschedules.Tuesdaysand
Fridaysforexample,canbesupportedbycreatingtwoschedules.
•Parameterstopasstotasks.
FortheRescueandRecoveryprogram,performincrementalbackupsonschedule,withcallbacksbefore
andafterthebackup.
IntheRescueandRecoveryADMle,thereisanoptiontoconguretheScheduleTask1andScheduleTask
2settings.Thefollowingregistrykeysmustbeaddedforthescheduledtasks:
•ForScheduleTask1,thiskeyisHKLM\Software\Lenovo\Scheduler\tasks\task1
•ForScheduleTask2,thiskeyisHKLM\Software\Lenovo\Scheduler\tasks\task2
Note:Ifthetaskneedstobeshown,addtheDWORDvaluenameTaskShowandsetthevalueto1in
thiskey.Bydefault,tasksarehidden.
SysprepBackup/Restore
SysprepBackup/RestoreisperformedbyusingtheRRCMDparameter.ForinstructionsonRRCMD,see
“RRCMDcommand-lineinterface”onpage53.
SysprepbackupchangesinWindows7
TheSysprepbackupoperationinWindows7isdifferentfromthatinWindowsXPorWindowsVista.This
isduetothenewversionWindowsREbuiltfromWindows7.Youcandownloadtheaccessorypackage
fromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://support.lenovo.com.Followthestepstoperformthecorrect
SysprepbackupoperationthroughGeneralizeoption.
OverviewofWindowsRE(RecoveryEnvironment)installationprocessinWindows7
UnlikeWindowsVista,WindowsREhasbeeninstalledtotheWindows7operatingsystem.Onasystem
installedusingthesetup.exele,priortoOOBE(Out-Of-BoxExperience),thedefaultWindowsREimage
(winre.wim)islocatedinthe\Windows\System32\Recoverysubdirectory.However,oncetheusercompletes
OOBE,thefollowingwillhappen:
1.ARecoveryfolderiscreatedonthesystempartition(Cpartition).
2.TheWinRE.wimleismovedtoC:\Recovery\(Subdirectory).
3.AnOSLoaderentryiscreatedforWindowsREintheBCD(BootCongurationData).
4.TheRecoverySequencesettingiscreatedintheWindows7objectintheBCD.
5.Other(undocumented)congurationlesareupdated.
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