User manual LENOVO RESCUE AND RECOVERY

[. . . ] Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in "Notices, " on page A-1. GOVERNMENT USERS ­ RESTRICTED RIGHTS: Our products and/or services are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to the GSA ADP Schedule contract with Lenovo Group Limited, if any, or the standard terms of this commercial license, or if the agency is unable to accept this Program under these terms, then we provide this Program under the provisions set forth in Commercial Computer Software­Restricted Rights at FAR 52. The Rescue and RecoveryTM program is designed to help users restore their computer data and recover from software- or hardware-related failures. [. . . ] The end result will be a single C: partition containing the original factory contents. If you run this utility from a hard disk that has multiple partitions, you will be given the option of restoring the factory contents to the C: partition only and leaving the other partitions intact, or of deleting all partitions and installing the factory contents in a single C: partition. The advanced features enable you to customize your backups, delete backups, and prepare a file to help you migrate system information and data from one computer to another. The following advanced tasks can be accomplished using the Rescue and Recovery program. Copying backups from the hard drive: The Rescue and Recovery program enables you to use removable media to restore the contents of the hard disk in the event of a hard disk drive failure. Media from which a backup can be restored includes CDR, DVD, USB hard disk drive, second hard disk drive, or network drive. Copying your backup files to removable media enhances backup protection and enables you to restore your system from any of your archived backups. Deleting a backup: This feature enables you to delete backup files previously saved to a device. Excluding files from a backup: By excluding files from a backup and incremental backups, you can save hard disk drive space. Specifying files for single storage: By specifying a file for single storage, a copy of the selected file exists in the most recent backup only. All other copies of the file are removed from any other existing backups. Creating a migration file: Creating a migration file enables you to extract data and personal settings that you created through a backup operation and transfer that information to another computer. Note: Once a migration file is created, it must be imported to the target computer using System Migration Assistant 5. Creating Rescue and Recovery media: The following rescue and recovery media can help you restore your computer even if you cannot enter the Windows environment. After a short delay, the Rescue and Recovery workspace is displayed. Note: If the rescue media fails to start, the rescue device (CD drive, DVD drive, or USB device) might not be set correctly in your BIOS startup sequence. Refer to the documentation that came with your computer for information about gaining access to the BIOS configuration. The Rescue and Recovery workspace helps accomplish a variety of tasks even if you cannot enter the Windows environment. The following tasks can be accomplished using the Rescue and Recovery workspace. The Rescue and Recovery workspace enables you to view logs that can help you determine the status of an operation associated with the Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment. You can also view current system information and determine when a configuration change took place. The Rescue and Recovery workspace enables you to rescue files from your Windows environment or restore backed-up files to your Windows environment. [. . . ] Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any Lenovo intellectual property right may be used instead. However, it is the user's responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any other product, program, or service. Lenovo may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. [. . . ]