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or

OEM

install).

The

exceptions

to

this

are

if

the

Predesktop

Area

is

already

installed

and

does

not

need

to

be

upgraded

or

if

the

property

PDA=0

is

set

on

the

command

line

when

executing

the

installation

and

the

Predesktop

Area

(any

version)

does

not

already

exist.

The

installation

executable

contains

a

file

pdaversion.txt

that

contains

the

minimum

version

of

the

Predesktop

Area

that

can

work

with

that

version

of

Windows.

The

installation

executable

installer

will

look

for

a

Predesktop

Area

file

using

the

following

logic:

v

Old

Predesktop

Area

(Rescue

and

Recovery

1.0

or

2.X)

exists

or

no

Predesktop

Area

exists:

The

installer

will

look

for

a

.tvt

file

with

a

compatibility

code

(for

example:

AA,

AB)

that

is

equal

to

the

minimum

version

compatibility

code

and

a

level

that

is

greater

than

or

equal

to

the

minimum

version

(all

other

version

fields

in

the

.tvt

filename

must

match

the

minimum

version

exactly).

If

a

file

is

not

found

meeting

these

criteria,

the

installation

is

halted.

v

New

(Rescue

and

Recovery

3.0

or

greater)

Predesktop

Area

exists:

The

installer

will

compare

the

current

Predesktop

Area’s

compatibility

code

against

the

minimum

version

compatibility

code

and

take

the

following

actions

based

on

the

results:

Current

code

>

Minimum

code:

The

installer

presents

a

message

that

the

current

environment

is

not

compatible

with

this

version

of

Rescue

and

Recovery.

Current

code

=

Minimum

code:

The

installer

compares

the

current

version

level

against

the

minimum

version

level.

If

the

current

level

is

greater

than

or

equal

to

the

minimum

level,

the

installer

looks

for

a

.tvt

file

with

a

compatibility

code

(for

example:

AA,

AB)

that

is

equal

to

the

minimum

version

compatibility

code

and

a

level

that

is

greater

than

the

current

version

level

(all

other

version

fields

in

the

.tvt

filename

must

match

the

minimum

version

exactly).

If

it

does

not

find

a

file,

the

install

process

continues

without

updating

the

Predesktop

Area.

If

the

current

level

is

less

than

the

minimum

level,

the

installer

will

look

for

a

.tvt

file

with

a

compatibility

code

(AA

or

AB).

that

is

equal

to

the

minimum

version

compatibility

code

and

a

level

that

is

greater

than

or

equal

to

the

minimum

version

level

(all

other

version

fields

in

the

.tvt

filename

must

match

the

minimum

version

exactly).

If

a

file

is

not

found

meeting

these

criteria,

the

installation

is

halted.

Current

code

<

Minimum

code:

The

installer

will

look

for

a

.tvt

file

with

a

compatibility

code

(for

example:

AA,

AB)

that

is

equal

to

the

minimum

version

compatibility

code

and

a

level

that

is

greater

than

or

equal

to

the

minimum

version

(all

other

version

fields

in

the

.tvt

filename

must

match

the

minimum

version

exactly).

If

a

file

is

not

found

meeting

these

criteria,

the

installation

is

halted.

v

Predesktop

Area

language

packs

(approximately

5

30

MB

each):

There

are

16

language

packs

for

Windows

PE

that

are

supported

in

Rescue

and

Recovery

4.1.

Each

language

pack

is

named

in

the

format

Z501ZABXXXXCC00.tvt

where

XXXX

is

the

build

ID

and

CC

represents

the

language.

One

of

these

files

is

required

if

the

Predesktop

Area

is

being

installed

on

a

non-English

system

or

a

system

with

a

non-supported

language

and

must

be

in

the

same

directory

as

the

main

installation

and

the

US

Predesktop

Area

.tvt

file.

If

the

Predesktop

Area

is

being

installed

or

updated

and

a

language

pack

is

required,

the

installation

looks

for

the

minimum

level

of

language

pack

required

in

a

version

file

contained

within

Chapter

2.

Installation

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