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Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1
This scenario covers new image deployments that include the Rescue and Recovery program. If deploying
the Rescue and Recovery program to existing OEM clients that contain OEM product recovery code, run
the following test to determine if the OEM product recovery code interferes with the Rescue and Recovery
program:
1. Set up a test client with the image that contains the OEM product recovery code.
2. Install the Rescue and Recovery program. If eight free sectors in the Master Boot Record (MBR) do not
exist as a result of the OEM product recovery code, you will see the following error message:
Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows
Installer package. A program run as part of the
setup did not finish as expected. Contact your
personnel or package vendor.
If you are using an OEM image for the base operating system, ensure that the Master Boot Record does not
contain the product recovery data. You can do this in the following way:
Attention: Running the following command will erase the entire contents of the target hard disk drive. After
running, you will be unable to recover any data from the target hard disk drive.
1. Use the cleandrv.exe available from the Rescue and Recovery at:
to ensure all
sectors are cleared from the Master Boot Record on the hard disk drive that you plan to use to
create your base image.
2. Package the image according to your procedures for deployment.
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 2
Deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on existing clients requires some effort and planning. This
scenario provides another option for a hard drive setup.
Note: If you receive Error 1722 and need to create eight free sectors, call the Lenovo help desk to report
the error and obtain further instructions.
Creating a bootable Rescue and Recovery CD
The Rescue and Recovery program builds and burns the rescue media CD from the current service area
contents, rather than from a pre-assembled ISO image. However, if an appropriate ISO (.iso) image is
already present, because it was preloaded or because it had been built before, that image will be used
to burn the CD, rather than to create a new one.
Because of the resources involved, only one instance of the CD burning application may be running at any
given time. If it is running, attempting to start a second instance will produce an error message and the
second instance will abort. In addition, due to the nature of accessing protected areas of the hard drive, only
administrators can create the ISO. These files and directories are included on the recovery CD:
• minint
• preboot
• win51
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