Rescue and recovery in the windows environment – Lenovo ThinkVantage (Rescue and Recovery 4.5) User Manual

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Rescue and Recovery program takes a backup that sets the Archive bit on all files in the MSMQ directory.
This means the entire directory will be backed up every incremental.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\Backup
\PreBackup]
"Pre"="cmd"
"PreParameters"="/c attrib +A \"%windir%\\system32\\msmq\\*.*\" /S /D"
"PreShow"=dword:00000000

Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment

The following sections provide information on using the Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows
environment and in the Predesktop Area.

Using the Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment

The Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment enables you to perform numerous types
of backups. The following information instructs you on how to use backup files with the Rescue and
Recovery program.

Include and exclude backup files with registry settings

The Rescue and Recovery program can include and exclude an individual file, a folder, or an entire partition.
With the Rescue and Recovery 4.5 program, these capabilities are controlled by the following registry
entries which are the type REG_MULTI_SZ:

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\ExcludeList

• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\OSAppsList

Setting the base backup location

The following registry entry will set a base backup as soon as an installation is complete:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\runbasebackuplocation
DWord = location value

BackupList

The registry entry format is:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Settings\BackupList

• One line per include/exclude rule entry.

• If more than one setting applies to a file or folder, the last setting applied is used. Entries at the bottom

of the registry entry take precedence.

• Entries must start with either:

;

for a comment

I

for include files or folders that match the entry

X

for exclude files or folder that match the entry

S

for include Single Instance Storage on a file or a folder

i

for files or folder that you can choose to include

Chapter 3

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Configurations

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