Lenovo ThinkVantage (Rescue and Recovery 4.5) - Manual (Page 67)

• Boot State
Determines the current state of the machine:
– 0 – Boot normal to operating system.
– 1 – Boot to the service operating system
– 2 – Boot back to the normal operating system from the service operating system.
• Alt Boot Flag
Boot to alternate operating system; DOS for example.
• Previous Partition type
Displays the partition type that the service partition was set to prior to booting to it, when booted to
the service area.
• Prior IBM MBR Index
Used by Windows Installer.
• Patch IN: OUT
Input and output values from the patch code if used.
• F11 Msg
Message to display to user if proper BIOS calls not supported.
The following table provides error codes and error descriptions for BMGR32:
Table 27. BMGR32 Error codes
Error code Error Description
5 Error applying selected options to master boot record.
6 Error installing the master boot record.
7 Error uninstalling the master boot record.
10 Error setting system type.
11 Error setting the master boot record mode.
13 Error installing compatibility patch.
14 Error setting compatibility patch parameters.
96 Error accessing sectors.
97 Error accessing sectors.
BMGR CLEAN
Note: This section is applicable for MBR systems only.
CleanMBR cleans the Master Boot Record. This program can be used when you encounter a Rescue and
Recovery installation failure, such as not being able to install the Rescue and Recovery program with less
than the required sectors free for the boot manager to install.
Notes:
1. After running this tool, the applications that are using MBR will be useless. For example: SafeGuard
Easy, SafeBoot, and MBR version of Computrace.
2. Run before installing the Rescue and Recovery program.
3. Use the cleanmbr.exe for DOS and the cleanmbr32.exe for Windows.
4. After running DOS CleanMBR, run FDISK /MBR; it will put on the MBR.
The parameters for cleanmbr32.exe are:
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