Appendix b. administrator tools, Antidote wizard, Bmgr clean – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual
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Appendix
B.
Administrator
tools
ThinkVantage
technologies
offers
tools
that
can
be
implemented
by
corporate
IT
administrators.
These
tools
can
be
downloaded
from
the
Lenovo
Web
site
at:
http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/TVAN-ADMIN.html.
Antidote
wizard
For
information
on
the
Antidote
wizard,
see
BMGR
CLEAN
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
Rescue
and
Recovery
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
Rescue
and
Recovery.
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:
Table
39.
Parameter
(Required):
Description
/A
Clear
MBR
and
install
PC
DOS
MBR
Parameter
(Optional):
/Dn
Apply
changes
to
drive.
Use
n=0
for
the
first
drive.
/Y
Yes
to
all
/?
Display
Help
/H
Display
Help
CLEANDRV.EXE
The
cleandrv.exe
file
cleans
the
drive
of
all
files.
There
will
be
no
operating
system
after
running
this
command.
See
for
more
information.
CONVDATE
The
CONVDATE
utility
is
provided
as
part
of
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
Administration
tools.
This
utility
is
used
to
determine
the
HEX
values
of
date
and
time
and
to
convert
date
and
time
values
into
HEX
values,
and
can
be
used
to
set
a
custom
date
and
time
in
a
backup
field
of
the
registry.
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Lenovo
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