Possible to create a rescue and recovery USB disk?

When you create rescue and recovery media, there's an option showing "USB hard disk drive". However, the target drive list is always empty. How could I get it work? I have plugged my usb-hard disk to my laptop (T400).
BTW, it's possible to create the recovery disk using my usb key?

Probably a good question for ForumNokia. If you mean start up a thread and run in the background while your MIDlet UI does other things, then sure, why not. If you mean that you want to exit your MIDlet, but leave a thread running in the background, then I don't believe you can do this on series 40. S60 is another story since it supports multiple tasks.

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Rescue and Recovery -- USB external hard drive

Can anyone recommend the best external hard drive to use for Thinkvantage Rescue and Recovery? I've been doing some research and I'm concerned about the Maxtor "one touch" software. If I choose to purchase a Maxtor external hard drive should I go in and delete any software on the drive before I back up from Rescue and Recovery? I have been having a lot of problems with Rescue and Recovery -- it's difficult to delete past backups, and I get hangups. But eventually it usually backs up. I have read reviews for the Maxtor one touch software and it sounds like it doesn't work well for restoring an entire system (problems with certain files, such as hidden files, etc.). But maybe that's not true? Also, do you recommend that I delete all previous backups before running a Rescue and Recovery backup? If not, if I ever had to restore from it, would it automatically use the most current backup?
Thanks in advance for any advice! I'm a novice, but I want to make sure that everything is backed up properly.

Herik,
I'm not sure I'm looking in the right place - the folders you specified don't exist, or they aren't where you indicated. I can only get to "Rescue and Recovery" in the HK - Local Machine registry folder - nothing further there. Here's what I have:
http://files.iclippy.com/109436/1251279402.jpg
Am I looking in the right place?
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Rescue and Recovery's disk management is pathetic and senseless, please help.

I'm using an X61 (which i've been very happy with, by the way, not that this is relevant) which has Rescue and Recovery installed by default. This is okay, as I see the value of regular backups. However, the default setting is to keep a history of 5 of the last backups. Each backup consumes ~10gb of space for a total of about ~50gb if I let the program run as it came configured, which is totally unacceptable for a machine that has 100gb of storage. That's my first complaint.
Second, I've attempted to neuter the R&R's idiotic disk usage behavior by reducing its maximum number of incremental backups. Oh, trouble. The program will not allow me to have any less than *3* incremental backups, for about ~30gb disk usage. Why does this program insist on dictating how many backups I choose to keep on hand? Ridiculous. I think 2 incremental backups would be reasonable, but R&R will not allow this.
Third, I have also attempted to repair the situation by deleting old and unnecessary backups. Oh, trouble again. Upon attempting to delete some of these backups to *free up space*, it notifies me that it cant, because it *lacks available space* (!!!!).
Whoever designed this program's behavior should start thinking about a career change, imho. Or perhaps I am at fault and it is merely my ignorance that is preventing me from using this application properly. I do hope it's the latter, as I typically have great faith in anything produced by IBM/Lenovo... but this just has me extremely frustrated. Please send any words of advice, I thank you all in advance.

I do not have an answer to this, but if you can tell me where I can go to actually attempt to delete the "backup" that R&R *did* create on my local drive, I would be most appreciative. I had never used it (R&R) before (and I have used TP's going back *a long* time!) so I assumed when I tried it the first time that it would ask me where to put the backup, e.g. on the network, external drive, &c. Instead, it started backing up *everything* to my local drive. While it was running, I had to close the Tablet, which apparently did not make R&R happy.
Bottom line: my 100GB HD is already down to 25GB free (and it is only a month old), the "backup" apparently did not complete successfully so R&R will not recognize it to delete it. So, I have a worthless backup taking up a ton o' space and I cannot find it to delete it. HELP!!! Next time, I will know to have R&R set up *before* running it to back up to the network. (or, based upon the original post to this thread, I may just manually back up my data or save all my important stuff on the network to begin with and let the sysadmin guys worry about backups!)
If anyone even knows what the name of the backup file(s) is/are, that would be a start.

T61 - Rescue and Recovery - USB Drive issues

Ran into disk space issues with RnR on my C: since I was not manually using RnR and have other back-up tools, I uninstalled RnR. A few weeks later, I re-installed the latest RnR version as I now have possesion on a USB Western Digital drive. I then ran RnR to the USB drive. Here is the problem:
The USB drive now has a new drive name and letter desigation, from drive G: to drive Y: The real killer is that I had other files on drive G:
Looking at the drive size, it appears that ALL files are still on the USB drive.
Question: How do I get the drive to be recognized as drive G:? How do I get access to the files that were on that drive? Would un-installing RnR set the drive back to C: and provide access to my files?
Note: There was no warnings during the back-up that any of this would happen. I can't find any warnings or descriptions in the manuals either.

Question: How do I get the drive to be recognized as drive G:? How do I get access to the files that were on that drive? Would un-installing RnR set the drive back to C: and provide access to my files?
Vista - start - computer - right click - manage - (if uac on, accept) - disk management - select the disk- right click and you are given the oportunity to change the drive map (i don't know if that helps)
http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/207130-external-usb-floppy-change-drive-letter-b.html
http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/198291-drive-letters-taking-control.html
hope that helps

Is it possible to totally disable Rescue and Recovery backups?

R&R continues to run amuck. I have the PC on for perhaps 2 hours a day and find 4-5 stealth backups taken with no known reason or action on my part.
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please contact lenovo personnel in order to remove the r&r functioonality
u can always download the latest version from the link given below
maybe there's a bug in the r&r functionality
you can download r&r for your system from the below given link
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doccategoryind=243819&template=%2Fproductpage%...
check out the os which you are using and download the s/w accordingly or best use the system update function
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Creating Rescue and Recovery CD

hi to all...i have a 3000 j115 series 7387-a34 desktop...i wanted to create a rescue and recovery cd...but when i run the lenovo care apps....the link to run the program to create the rescue and recovery cd is missing.....how can i add it back to lenovo care's quick links, so i can create the rr cd???
thanks a lot....
dhaj
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RRMedia.exe" "C:\Program Files\IBM ThinkVantage\Common\spi\RRMedia.exe" Please note that is for a Lenovo 3000 J105 (8258HBU) Yours may be different.
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Rescue and Recovery 4.2 Does not Launch from Start Programs Thinkvantage

I have a T61 with XP SP3. I recently installed and uninstalled the version of Ubutuno that can be booted from Windows. I played with it for a few days then uninstalled it. Then I unistalled Rescue and Recovery using Add Remove programs...I am thinking of getting a SSD and I wanted to remove large programs before I image the disk.
I changed my mind and tried to reinstall Rescue and Recovery. I got the error saying that my boot space was too small. I used the Lenevo mbr repair feature that I found on this board.
I was then able to install R&R 4.21, and I was able to create recovey disks using the create recovery disks program
However, when I try to launch Rescue and Recovery, (Start, Programs, Thinkvantage, Rescue and Recovery). the disk spins and I get the hour glass on the cursor...and the hour glass goes away after about 7 seconds...the disk continues too blink off and on, but the program will not launch. The rrservice.exe and rrpservice exe services are running. I tried disabling Kapernsky virus, and that did not help. I have rebooted several times.
Any suggestions! I will buy you a beer for sure!!
Thanks
Jeff

My other post just gave you the basics. I got tired to typing the same info over and over.
Two issues lately.
(1) I am going from vista to win7, and I have a Factory shipped Lenovo. RNR wont install.
(2) I have win7 on a factory ship, and I want to go from Hdd to SDD. USB recovery wont boot.
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I take my backups to a 2nd HDD. Also, every few months, I backup to a DVD set, HDD's may last 3 years, maybe 4. You dont want your loved backup on the C drive, and HDD fails. On top of that, if you back up to the C drive, the HDD grinds away. Read C, write to C\rrbackups. Backup will run faster to 2nd HDD or USB.
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You state a pristine Vista. I am guessing it was a Factory shipped Lenovo with Vista.
The TIP in the other post is if you know of this issue BEFORE windows 7 install.
At the time during Win 7 install, and it is deciding where to put itself, there is a Default Recommended and I think a drop down list of other options. This is tricky. Example, (a). park me in the current C partition. (b) park me on the whole HDD.
Did you upgrade the Vista, inplace to win7 or did you clean install win7 to a blank C partition.
Lets see if you have a recovery(vista) partition.
Go to control panel>admin tools>computer management>disk management. Check to see if other partitions show up other than the C drive. Recovery partition should be around 10 GB. Sometimes this partition is labeled IBM_Preload or similar.
Solution/workaround
I dont have 1 that i have tested. Maybe other users can offer suggestions.
(1)You could delete the Q, but this might not clean up the MBR/BCD(boot control) entries.
(2) Backup your loved win7, erase HDD, then restore. MAYBE a win7 backup allows ignoring the Q partition. I am not an expert with using win7 backup, and I dont have a q drive.
*** all this is time consuming**, risky, and may not solve the issue.

Rescue and Recovery 4.3 on Win7 doesn't see a backup on external USB hard drive - Model W510

I've run the Rescue and Recovery utility within Windows 7 on two different external USB hard drives thinking that maybe it was a usb drive issue. When I open the R And R utility in expert mode I can see that both backups exist on their respective drives. I planned on updating my hard drive so I made a full hd backup and the R&R startup disc to boot the laptop from. The bios recognizes either external hard drive at boot with no problems. It shows the names and "+" sign next to drives. So I booted the drive at startup off the DVD drive with the R&R startup disc after I was sure that the bios recognized either external drives. Then when I choose a "Full" restore is of course asks me if I want to use hd, cd/dvd, or external usb drive which I choose the later. It then should show me the backup that I created earlier just as it did when I ran the utility from the Win7 environment so I can choose it to restore from. But I get a blank box showing no backups when I run the 4.3 R&R Startup disc. Again if I boot to Win7 and go into the R&R utility I can see the backup on the exact same USB external drive. Then boot off the CD startup recovery disc and it shows NO BACKUP! Help please! I want to shelf my old hard drive "as is" and create the Restore onto the new hard drive but the utility isn't working for me.
Thanks for any help.

Hmmm,
Seems like that _should_ work. Here's a way you might be able to finesse it: go to the advanced R&R menu in Win 7 and create rescue media on your USB drive. It's essentially the same process as creating the CD - it makes the USB drive bootable and puts a copy of R&R there.
There _should_ be an option to "preserve existing data" but be prepared to lose your existing backup and make it again.
Then just boot the external USB drive and see if R&R recognizes a backup image on the same drive from which you booted.
That's the way I usually migrate to new drives. Maybe it will get around your mysterious problem.
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Rescue and Recovery to USB

Hi, in preparation for my new machine, got a quick question.
I though i read somewhere that you could make the rescue and recovery onto usb stick?
Anyone with experience with this, either doing it or if it can be done.
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if you don't want to do all that above just formate to NTFS file system then when you start the backup you will be prompted to create rescue media select yes this will allow the USB to boot to predesktop recovery environment
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Creating DVDs with Rescue and Recovery 4.5 on Win7 64bit

Hi , I have a question reguarding the rescue and recovery DVD creation.
When I click the Q drive Lenovo_Recovery, the program will ask me if I want to create recovery media or reclaim disk space.
What I want to aks is, does making the DVD disks after patching the OS and re-Partition (the originally just one huge C drive which needed to repartition to smaller system drive) matter? or It doesn't matter at all?

The size of the C drive is really not important during the backup of the Q drive.
Test the backup medium (dvd set, USB) BEFORE you decide to delete Q drive. ie, boot the recovery set, then exit. If you have plenty of space on your HDD, I would KEEP the q drive.
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If you ever use the recovery set, and multiple partitions(c,d,e), you have considerations, ie will it wipe the whole HDD blank before starting.
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If you are using DVD, disk 1 is the bootable, disk 2 and 3 are data disks. Just boot using disk 1, then exit.

Create Recovery Media crashes on Windows 7 SP1 and Rescue and Recovery 4.51.0045.00

I installed Rescue and Recovery 4.51.0045.00 right after a fresh installation of Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (Build 7601 64 bit) on my Thinkpad Edge 11. After hitting "Advanced Rescue and Recovery" and then "Create Rescue Media" I get a "Create Recover Media has stopped working" error with the problem Signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: RRMedia.exe
Application Version: 4.51.27.0
Application Timestamp: 513d7dbd
Fault Module Name: RRMedia.exe
Fault Module Version: 4.51.27.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 513d7dbd
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00004451
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3d61
Additional Information 2: 3d617f89c03aec75ed4c33477fb666c5
Additional Information 3: 62ba
Additional Information 4: 62ba33999ddd637bc95b614e6779b3ea
Uninstalling and then reinstalling Rescue and Recovery doesn't work - I still get the same error when trying to create recovery media.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Customer,
We have below workaround for fixing your issue, would you please try and feedback result to me?Thanks.
delete the below registrykey :
"spilock"="1382411866.78"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Lenovo\spi\RNR Boot Media]
"spilock"="1382411866.78"

How to create rescue and recovery partition for my thinkpad edge 11

Hi,
I'm using thinkpad edge 11 with win 7 home Premium 32 bit.
Before, i tried to restore to factory setting, there is a drive partition of rescue and recovery in my thinkpad.
But, when I was trying to restore to factory setting, I missed the steps and made the drive partition of rescue and recovery formatted.
So, now, I don't have it again in my thinkpad.
Then, after that, appeared another drive partition in my thinkpad with name S: Sytem, beside C: WIndow7 and D: Data.
So, I need the solution from you all as knowing more about thinkpad edge in this forum.
1. How I remove the unkwon drive, S: System from my thinkpad?
2. How I can create again the rescue and recovery partition on my thinkpad(wih Win 7 Home premium 32bit installer inside plus all the drivers)?
Thanks...

Hello mate,
To restore the Q: partition you have to use the Lenovo Recovery Discs. Hope you burn them before erasing the partition, otherwise you have to order them from Lenovo.
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Rescue and Recovery 4.5: Boot Environment does not list Backups on USB Drive

Hello,
I have a fresh installed Windows 7 on a X 230 and am now setting up my backup. The notebook came without an OS so I installed Win7, all drivers and the Thinkvantage Software myself. Then I made a backup with Rescue and Recovery 4.5 to an external USB 3.0 HDD. The Backup is listed in the Windows program, but when I boot to Rescue and Recovery, the backup is not listed.
Since there arent any options I could change during the backup or the recovery, I have no idea what went wrong..
Thanks!

In the standalone boot of RNR, go to the advanced GUI, chose Restore. After a few screens, you will see a restore from location, default is Local Hard drive. This is a drop down list. USB option is available in the drop down list. The USB must be connected during the standalone boot. If the backup is NOT the same UUID as your system, check the box that says show backups from all systems.
Also read my post dated Nov 22,2011 . RNR backup reverts to local. This may not apply to USB backups.

Creating Rescue and Recovery Disks for Vista

Started to create a set of Rescue Recovery Disks, the Start Recovery Disk created OK, but when I inserted the 1st Disk of the recovery set, the program stalled for over 1 hour no activity, cancelled the operation using the Vista Task Manager Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Now when I try and rerun Rescue and Recovery, it states I have already run the procedure, which is not so. How can i now run the Rescue & Recovery Media Program

You can't. Assuming your machine is on warranty Lenovo support should ship recovery disks to you without charge,
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Rescue and Recovery Not Finding Backups On USB Drive During Restore

Currently running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on a W510. Rescue and Recovery cannot find my backups on the USB drive when trying to restore. They can be seen when not in restore mode. There are two partitions on the USB drive. The second contains the backups. I also tried plugging the drive into a server to access it as a network drive with the same result. R&R version 4.30.0025.00. I do not believe it has changed since I started the backups.
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Just a think, I'm pretty sure is about your version of R&R. Just between R&R4.30 and 4.31 is not compatible.
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