Full restore, Custom recovery, Customizing the recovery process – Lenovo ThinkPad R50p User Manual

Page 27: Full, Restore, Custom, Recovery, Customizing, Process

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not

at

the

time

of

the

rejuvenation

process,

it

will

be

shared

again

after

completing

a

rejuvenation

from

that

backup.

Also,

if

you

have

a

shared

folder

at

the

time

of

the

rejuvenation

process

but

it

was

not

in

the

backup,

the

folder

will

still

be

shared

after

rejuvenation

finishes.

Full

restore

Full

restore

deletes

all

files

on

the

local

drive,

and

then

restores

the

files

from

the

selected

backup.

If

password

persistence

is

selected,

the

most

recent

password

available

will

be

restored.

Custom

recovery

As

an

extension

of

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

program,

custom

recovery

technology

has

been

added

to

the

recovery

process.

Users

will

interact

with

this

custom

recovery

method

through

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

and

the

Lenovo

Base

Software

Selector

programs.

By

performing

a

custom

recovery,

users

have

the

option

of

including

and

excluding

individual

components

such

as

applications,

device

drivers

or

operating

systems

as

part

of

the

recovery

process.

Administrators

will

define

what

options

a

user

will

have

during

a

custom

recovery

process

with

the

ThinkVantage

Base

Software

Administrator

program.

The

Base

Software

Administrator

program

is

a

versatile

software

utility

that

you

can

use

to

accomplish

custom

recovery

and

preinstallation

related

tasks.

With

the

Base

Software

Administrator

program,

you

can

customize

the

recovery

process

for

users

and

you

can

create

personalization

files

used

to

automate

the

preinstallation

setup

for

Windows.

Customizing

the

recovery

process

In

today’s

electronic

environment,

computer

systems

are

threatened

by

malicious

activity

with

the

distribution

of

viruses,

worms,

and

Trojan

horses.

Technology

and

anti-virus

software

has

improved

in

the

fight

against

malicious

activity;

however,

there

are

times

when

the

software

on

a

computer

will

need

to

be

renewed

by

removing

malicious

files

and

starting

over.

Rescue

and

Recovery

is

a

valuable

tool

in

the

renewal

process

by

providing

methods

to

restore

a

computer

in

the

event

the

computer

is

sold,

recycled,

transferred

to

another

area

or

needs

to

be

put

in

an

operational

state

after

all

other

methods

of

recovery

has

failed.

Various

types

of

recovery

methods

can

be

used

to

renew

computer

systems.

The

Base

Software

Administrator

program

utilizes

the

full

factory

recovery

method

and

the

custom

factory

recovery

method.

The

full

factory

recovery

method

restores

the

factory

contents

of

the

hard

drive

that

consists

of

components

such

as

applications,

device

drivers,

and

the

operating

system.

Factory

components

are

installed

at

the

factory

prior

to

the

purchase

of

a

computer.

Using

the

Base

Software

Administrator

program,

you

can

control

the

recovery

options

that

are

available

to

the

user

during

the

recovery

process.

The

following

list

provides

the

recovery

methods

you

can

designate

a

user

to

perform:

v

Full

factory

recovery

only

v

Custom

factory

recovery

only

v

Either

a

full

factory

recovery

or

a

custom

factory

recovery

Components

consist

of

applications,

device

drivers,

and

operating

systems.

These

components

are

in

a

custom

packaged

format

and

are

contained

in

the

service

partition

of

the

computer.

From

a

recovery

standpoint,

components

are

categorized

as

follows:

v

Required

components

are

always

installed

upon

recovery.

Chapter

3.

Configurations

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