Delete files from the predesktop area directories, Rename a file in the predesktop area, Test for rescue and recovery being installed – Lenovo ThinkPad R50p User Manual
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1.
Place
all
the
files
in
a
temp
folder
on
drive
c:\.
Based
on
location
in
the
temp
directory,
the
files
will
be
copied
into
the
PE
partitions
in
the
same
locations.
For
example,
to
add/replace
a
file.cmd
file
in
\preboot\startup,
the
user
would
place
the
file.cmd
file
in
c:\tempdir\preboot\startup
and
then
run
the
command
“RRUTIL
/p
c:\tempdir”.
2.
Sample
Command:
RRUTIL
/p
c:\PDATemp
contained
in
c:\PDATemp
would
be
a
mirror
image
of
the
directory
structure
of
\preboot,
\minint,
or
root
of
Predesktop
Area.
The
files
in
the
root
of
c:\PDATemp
would
put
the
files
in
the
root
of
the
PE
partition.
Delete
files
from
the
Predesktop
Area
directories
RRUTIL
/d
C:\temp\dellist.txt
Delete
a
file
in
the
\preboot,
\minint,
or
root
of
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
partition
either
virtual
or
type-12:
1.
Delete
the
file(s)
of
\preboot.
\minint,
or
root
of
the
PE
partition
either
virtual
or
type
12
based
on
the
contents
of
a
text
file.
2.
Dellist.txt
must
contain
a
tree
structure
of
the
files
to
be
deleted
from
the
PDA.
3.
Sample
Command:
RRUTIL
/d
<path>
dellist.txt
dellist.txt
contents:
\preboot\startup\custom.cmd
Sample
file
name
only
\preboot\usrintfc\test.txt
Sample
file
name
only
Rename
a
file
in
the
Predesktop
Area
RRUTIL
/r
\<PDA-path>\oldfilename.ext
newfilename.ext
Rename
a
file
located
in
the
Predesktop
Area.
This
function
only
works
on
files
in
the
Predesktop
Area.
The
path
to
the
file
to
be
renamed
must
be
included
without
the
drive
letter.
The
new
name
of
the
file
should
only
include
the
name
without
any
path
information.
Example:
RRUTIL
–r
\preboot\usrintfc\peaccessibmen.ini
peaccessibmen.old
Test
for
Rescue
and
Recovery
being
installed
RRUTIL
/bq
This
command
can
be
used
in
a
batch
file
to
help
in
automated
processing.
If
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
code
is
not
installed
on
the
system
only,
the
functions
that
access
the
Predesktop
Area
will
be
available.
Example:
RRUTIL
–bq
Results
in
the
environment
variable
%errorlevel%
being
set
to
-2,
if
Rescue
and
Recovery
is
not
installed
on
the
system,
or
0
if
Rescue
and
Recovery
is
installed.
Type
echo
%errorlevel%
to
see
the
results
of
the
command.
Backup
directory
list
RRUTIL
/bl
<path>
List
all
of
the
contents
of
the
\RRbackups
directories.
Display
the
file
size
and
date
of
each
file
in
the
backup
as
well
as
its
location.
The
list
below
is
an
example
of
a
backup
directory
with
a
base
backup
and
one
incremental
backup.
34
Rescue
and
Recovery
4.2
Deployment
Guide