Repartitioning and recovery

I just bought a Satellite A665-3DV12X. I plan to resize/split it's C: partition. In that case will I be able to reover from the recovery partition to the shrunk C: drive?
Thanks in advance.
Serkan

Satellite A665-3DV12X
I'm no expert on this, Serkan. But it seems to me if you don't disturb the other partitions, you should be able to reach them without difficulty.
Once you've burned the recovery discs, you can fool around more freely with partitioning. They will restore the hard drive to its original out-of-the-box contents.
Don't mess with the smallest partition, BTW. It contains the boot files.
-Jerry

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Rescue and Recovery and the Hidden Service Partition

When I got my G41 ThinkPad in November 2004 it had a Hidden Service Partition
of size 693 Mb. I'm a fan of Rescue and Recovery and upgraded it successfully
up through version 4.0, but when I tried to upgrade to 4.1 and later to 4.2 I got
an error that said there was not enough free space. After I learned that the error
was referring to free space in the Hidden Service Partition I had my hard drive
repartitioned so the Service Partition was 4 Gb. R & R 4.2 then installed, and I'm
now on version 4.21.0016.00.
The other day I noticed that my free space on C:\ had dramatically increased, and
on further investigation I found that my Hidden Service Partition was again 693 Mb.
I don't know how this happened, unless it was the result of my starting to rejuvinate
my system and then later cancelling out of that processs and doing a full restore. I
still get the 4.2 Rescure and Recovery menu on hitting the blue Access IBM button
when I boot, and it seems to work as expected.
My question is: Should I have my HDD repartitioned again to make a 4 GB Hidden
Partition?
Bob Stockler
G41 - 2886-5TU - Mobile Pentium 4 532 - 3.06 Gh
2 Gb RAM - 80 Gb Toshiba 5400rpm HDD - Win XP Pro

Hi,
I think your laptop is not set to boot from the DVD-rom. You have to 1st go to bios and set the 1st boot device to be the dvd-rom. After that, insert the recovery startup disc and it should take you to the recovery menu.
BTW, you should be able to recover from the service partition as long as you have not deleted it, even if windows is screwed up. Make sure you press the blue Thinkvantage button or the F11 key at startup and only then will it take you to the recovery menu.
Hope it works.
Message Edited by zachareth on 04-23-2009 11:08 AM

Rescue and Recovery FAILS TO INSTALL!!!

I just installed windows, and every time I try to install Rescue and Recovery, it fails, I have tried running it as administrator, tried redownloading it... Nothing works, I cant install it from safe-mode because the services it starts, obviously, arent allowed to start. It never goes to a not-responding state, it just sits there... and I have let it run for 2 hours, and it never goes anywhere. Anyone have this issue or a fix for it. Its on a thinkpad T61p 6460-8WU, Vista Ultimate (not business). Help?
EDIT: I downloaded RnR 4.2 and instead of the above I get, There is not enough space on the computer to Install or Upgrade the Rescue and Recovery environment. And on various places the suggested fix is to "remove the secondary harddrive" well, I dont have a secondary hard drive, I tried it after taking out the cd drive and rebooting and still no dice. This is frustrating.
Message Edited by hibrad2005 on 04-24-2008 11:58 AM

I had the same problem trying to install R & R 4.2 (I had 4.0 already installed). I was told that the
"not enough space" referred to the hidden service partition, and that should be 4 Gb on my 80 Gb hard
disk. I had my hard disk repartitioned to make it so, and R & R 4.2 then installed properly.
That 4 Gb partition now shows 3.58 Gb free space, so making it 4 Gb was a little bit of overkill.
Bob Stockler
G41 - 2886-5TU - Mobile Pentium 4 532 - 3.06 Gh
2 Gb RAM - 80 Gb Toshiba 5400rpm HDD - Win XP Pro

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.

How to restore backed up files after I used Rescue and Recovery

Hi there lenovo community,
so I'm struggling to find a solution on how to open these files right here:
Link to image
First of all, the program I used to back up my hard drive was the Rescue and Recovery that my lenovo desktop came with. I used an external hard drive (WD My Passport, specifically) to back up my old hard drive. The problem that I'm facing right now is how I can open these files, they seem to be not working with any of the option programs the "open with" thingy offers me. If anyone knows an easy solution for this please please respond to me immediately.. I would really really appreciate it. I have important documents there.
Thanks,
Enrico
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Hello CP101, It seems this file extention is a priority file format.
Here is a link that has some information on how to resolve the issue.
I would suggest reading all the suggestions, as some have different methods for resolving this issue.
Please click the White Kudos star on the left, to say thanks.
Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem.

Failed to update ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery due to a missing file "spmtr.exe"

Today I tried to update my ThinkVantage System, but the laptop was accidently restarted when ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery was being updated. After the laptop was restarted, I ran the update program again and the ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery couldn't be updated when the progress went to 91%. The following error was displayed on the screen:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp\{7E4C16BB-8F76-4940-8505-98E93C00B...\spmtr.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
I restarted my laptop and re-executed the update program several times, but the same problem alwasy occured. Probably due to the failure of ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery, now my ThinkVantage Productivity Center cannot run, either.
I looked into the directory "C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp" and noticed that there was no such a sub-directory at all. I searched the Internet on google with the keyword "spmtr.exe", but only two Chinese pages about the same problem (without solution) were found.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem or provide some clues about a possible solution? Thanks in advance for your help.
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:42 PM
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:43 PM

I had the same problem occur.
hooklee wrote:
Today I tried to update my ThinkVantage System, but the laptop was accidently restarted when ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery was being updated. After the laptop was restarted, I ran the update program again and the ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery couldn't be updated when the progress went to 91%. The following error was displayed on the screen:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp\{7E4C16BB-8F76-4940-8505-98E93C00B...\spmtr.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
I restarted my laptop and re-executed the update program several times, but the same problem alwasy occured. Probably due to the failure of ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery, now my ThinkVantage Productivity Center cannot run, either.
I looked into the directory "C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp" and noticed that there was no such a sub-directory at all. I searched the Internet on google with the keyword "spmtr.exe", but only two Chinese pages about the same problem (without solution) were found.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem or provide some clues about a possible solution? Thanks in advance for your help.
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:42 PM
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:43 PM

Problem with Rescue and Recovery after installing Norton Internet Security 2010

Hi all.
It's my first time in this forum.
I have a problem, with Rescue and Recovery, after installing Norton Internet Security 2010 on my T43.
The message I get it:
"Rescue and Recovery is unable to back up the file 'C:\Documents and settings\all Users\Application Data\ Norton\ 00000082\00000109\000003c1\cltMLS1.bat' Because the file is either corrupted or being used by another application. Please close any application that could be using the file.
I tried to close the Norton but I couldn't find how.
Tanks
Doron71

Hi and welcome to the forum,
the reason for this situation is, that the antivir files are protected from being modified.
This is the reason, why this file cannot be backed up. I assume, that you would get much more such messages, as there are surelly multiple files files, that are protected like this.
So the solution is to block folders from being archived. Please start RnR application and in the configuration set this folder as the excluded one.
This will skip the backup of this file and will fix your situation.
Please let me know, if you have covered this.
Cheers

Issues with a T61 harddisk, UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME, cannot also get in the Rescue and Recovery

Dear Lenovo Support Community,
I have a T61 with XP pro on it. This is the history of my harddisk problems with it:
(the harddisk is HDD0 Fujitsu MHW21160BJ G1 and everything in laptop (HW and SW) are same as the factory sold one)
1. Unfortunately I had not made any recovery cd/dvd when the computer was healthy
2. Some time ago, after a crash, and during the chkdsk in the following boot up, harddisk showed 12kb bad sector
3. Due to more crashes and not being able to login once, went to rescue & recovery and only recovered OS to an old and healthy state. Kept my data, lost all the new programs installed but got the OS fine and running. --> I guess the bad thing that may have happened is that recovered OS may have used those bad sectors as well, but this is just a guess.
4. Problems, slow downs, the 12kb bad sector, issues kept coming back every couple or few weeks. Repeated the rescue and recovery OS installations another two times.
5. Few days ago, all was good, but needed to restart, but this time a blue screen came up with UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. This screen comes up even if I try to go into safe mode, with networking, or even with only DOS prompt.
6. Tried to go to rescue and recovery (version 4), it took a really long time and was telling me that something wrong with the file \minit\setupapi.log and after a long long time that it got in the page for rescue and recovery, it was not doing anything by clicking on any of the buttons.
7. Took the hard out, connected it through an external enclosure to another computer, the main drive could not be read at all, I/O error, not distinguishable.
8. But the SERVICE drive was understood and I could even run chkdsk /F F:\ on it and it repaired the file mentioned above (\minit\setupapi.log).
9. Put the hard back into T61, went to rescue & recovery, this time the error on the file was not showing up, but since the step #8, I have not been able to get pass the initial screen of rescue & recovery. It doesn't go in at all.
10. Found it through Google search, the famous post on this forum about fixing the Master Boot Record. Got the little program, burned on a CD, went through all of its steps, finished as described in the famous thread, but I am not sure if it has been any help to me so far.
11. In few other occasions, connected the hard through the external enclosure to another computer and found online and used programs like Disk Doctors Windows Recovery Data and EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard and was able to just read inside both NTFS main disk and FAT32 service disk (windows can also read the service disk but cannot read the main disk). Using the free version of EASEUS, I could even read and save my personal data since my last backup, so I am good to even format the T61 hard but still I don't want to give up on that.
12. While the lenovo harddisk is in it, in a restart went to BIOS (F1) and ran the harddisk diagnosis, It said: "Pass: Controller Diag, Error code 0000: Read verification failed". And after the "Test complete", it gave a red message in the middle of screen that "<<< An error was found. Call for service >>>"
13. As mentioned in #1, I don't have Lenovo's recovery Windows XP CD(s) for T61, but I have some other windows xp installation CD's, I thought I can put them in CD drive, boot up from CD, and try to recover or repair the windows, It seems that they tell me there is no harddisk in your computer!! When I press "R" to go to recovery console, it tells me: "Setup did not find any hard drives installed in your computer."
My questions for dear members of this forum are:
1. Can I recover my T61 harddisk with the above description? It is being read nicely with the recovery programs, so it should have not been damaged seriously. Please guide me to other things that I can try?
2. I can see and read the Service part of the drive from Windows (no recovery program needed) while connecting the drive through external enclosure to another computer. Can I run a program from the Service part of disk and make those T61 Recovery CD and DVD?
3. If I purchase the Recovery CD(s) from Lenovo, would they be doing any magic or help in my case described above?
4. Can I make recovery CD(s) from another T61 laptop and use them for mine?
Thanks all for reading my long post and helping me. God Bless.
Best Regards,
AL_K

Step One: Install windows
Step Two: run system update
Step Three: Your done (optionally have a beer and relax)
Sorry, step three was a bit of humor I added.
Actually these recovery CDs were produced before the first T61 was made, probably in 2006. The T61 line was replaced in 2008.
You can activate with the code on your COA, I've done it many times, just make sure you do a full (new) installation, not an upgrade, from an oem disc.
If you do end up using the original product recovery disc set, your steps are more like this...
1. Install disc one... wait 30-60mins
2. Install disc two... wait 30-60mins
3. Install disc three... wait 30-60mins
4. Install disc four... wait 30-60mins
5. Install disc five... wait 30-60mins
6. Install disc six... wait 30-60mins
7. Install disc seven... wait 30-60mins
8. Install disc eight... wait 30-60mins
9. download latest service pack for windows and install (over an hour)
10. Install (replace old version) system update and run.
11. go to windows update and update several years worth of patches and hotfixes. (1-4 hours)
12. kick back and have a warm beer and cold pizza, if there is any left after I finished hours ago and celibrated already.
Also, after going through all that, you've not only installed windows, then replaced nearly the entire operating system, but you've also used valuable harddisc space to make several redundant copies of the outdated files, drivers and apps.
Please understand, I'm not saying the recovery discs are a bad design, they work great, and back in 2006-7-8-9 I'd happily go through all that work, but today all the stuff on them is to old so it's futile to go through all that. It would be really nice if Lenovo updated the install discs, and we could download the latest version to use, but they basically just leave them untouched after the model line is released, so nothing on that disc is newer then about 2006.
I'll also add that both George and I have done this well over 100 times each, so we wouldn't be suggesting this if it wasn't the best option, but in the end you'll have a working system no matter which route you take to get there, so the only question to ask yourself is...
Do you like your beer cold and your pizza hot
Good luck, and enjoy your endeavours
ThinkPad W-510 i7-820QM(1.73-3.06GHz) Quad Core... ThinkPad T500, T9900, 8gb SSD...FrankNpad T-60p/61p (X9000 2.8ghz) 8gb SSD ips FlexView...ThinkPad T-61p (T9300 2.5ghz) 8gb ram...Thinkpad X-61 Tablet 4gb ram...ThinkPad A-31 (1.9ghz P4 1.5gb ram)

Rescue and Recovery backup with external hard drive

When I first backed up my computer to my WD 1 tb external hard drive using R&R, boot files were placed on the drive. Recently, some files I had corrupted my external hard drive and I had to fully erase it. Now, after making the drive recognizable again, I went to go back up my computer using rescue and recovery. This time, it asked me whether or not I wanted to make the drive bootable, I said yes, but an error popped up saying I needed 1000 more mb, even though I had 931 gb open. The backup started anyway, but it did not include any boot files. Is there a way to make the drive bootable the next time I backup? What is the difference between nonbootable and bootable? Help? Thanks.

I do NOT have a external Hard drive. If you just zeroed the drive, it is blank. Go into control panel,administrative tools, computer management, disk management. See if you can get a PROPERTIES of the external drive and post a Screen shot of that here. This will show what partition(s) are there, Fat32 vs NTFS. My experience is after you zero a drive, You have to boot your system, then use a Vendor (WD) standalone format utility or windows Disk manangement format, Make partition, etc. The screen shot i need is the one that says: DISK 1 (d 298.09 GB NTFS
Healthy(active,primary partition). This is what my 2nd drive, D, says. 1 partion on the drive.
When i added my second hard drive, it was blank. Booted up, BIOS recognized drive, Then i Formatted it with windows disk managment. I then pointed R&R to take backups to that drive. Create rescue media then made a Master boot record, install standalone R&R boots files, then took the backup. This makes my 2nd drive bootable, should i ever care to boot my D drive up and have R&R standalone program in control. Thus i have 2 bootable drives. C boots into windows, D boots into the rescue and recovery standalone program. I can also boot my C drive into R&R by hitting PF 11 at startup (bios) time.
Which version of r&r you have? Which version of windows? Windows 7 changed the way Master boot records are written.
You can go into R&R, advanced menu, create rescue media. Point to your External drive. WARNING. make sure the do not destroy existing data block is checked. IF YOU ARE brave, uncheck the destroy existing data. This will erase everthing on the drive!!! <<Warning. And be sure NOT to point to any drive you really love.
Buts lets 1st get the screen shot requested to make sure the drive is FORMATTED correcly.

Rescue and Recovery Won't Open on My R61i Laptop

Computer: 2008 Lenovo R61i Laptop with Windows XP, SP 3, 2 GB RAM, Intel Duo Core processor, 34 GB free on the hard drive
I had been wondering why my 160 GB hard drive was filling up even though I only have 10 GB of documents, photos, and videos saved, so I downloaded a little program called windirstat, and it told me that 50 GB was being used for RRbackups. Google told me what that is, and I opened it and checked to see how many backups were there (it said 5, counting an initial "basic" backup). I attempted to delete the newest one, but I can't tell if the process finished, and now I can't get Rescue and Recover to even open. I have defragged my hard drive, I have tried it in SAFE MODE, nothing works.
Here are my questions and additional info:
Is the initial "basic" backup where the backup of the Windows XP operating system is located? (I'm guessing that if the answer is "yes," then I don't want to delete that backup.) The size of this backup is 36 GB.
If so, could that backup be moved to an external hard drive and still be usable?
I also have Go Back (keeps a compressed image of my hard drive on the same drive for restoration of files and reverting the hard drive to a previous status). I have used this program for years and would rather use it that Rescue and Recovery for incremental backups because it's automatic and updates more often.
I also now use Carbonite, so I may need to rethink how I should use R & R and GoBack.
I'm thinking that I would like to keep the R&R initial back for Windows files but tell R&R to not to any more backups, then continue to use GoBack and Carbonite.
The primary problem at the moment is that R&R won't open at all, so I can't delete any backups and I can't tell it to stop trying to do incremental backups. HELP!
Thanks in advance,
Jim King

Hi,
can you please describe, how did you tried to delete the RnR backup? Using GUI, or manually in the RRbackups?
NOTE: The files stored in the RRbackup are encrypted and each file has also a metadata file, that conatins the informations on the purpose of that one file and some other usefull informations for RnR so that the restore can work.
Here are the answers on your questions:
1) If I understand it correctly, then the answer is YES. In case you have placed all the RnR backups localy, then the basic/initial backup and also the other incremental backups are stored exactly in the RRbackups folder.
2) YES, you can move it, BUT not manually. You need to use the RnR GUI to copy/move the backup on a network drive, or USB HDD. You can read more about this option in the Manual for RnR (sorry I don't want to describe it in here, as this is a bit longer description). So please review following guide:
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/rnr43dg.pdf
Page 61 describes this process using the rrcmd.exe utility.
3) I think, this is just a note
4) same here
5) In this case, it's of course possible to keeep just the original/inicial backup. In case you don't want to do any other backups, then you just make sure, that you dissable the scheduler of RnR and don't do any other backups.
6) For this situation, the crucial point is, what did you deleted in the RRbackups. However, the first point, that I would do is to reinstall, or repair RnR. NOTE: Please use the same package, or the package, that is stored on your system. From Add/REmove programs.
Please let me know, if you have any add questions to this situation.
Cheers

Recovering backup data from a previous version of Rescue and Recovery

Dear All,
can you please advice how can I restore the system&data (Windows 7)
I created recovery CDs and did the full backup (USB drive)
I changed disk (diagnostic reported warnings for the old one)
I recovered system from CD
I wanted to recover full backup/image from USB drive, however
after reboot R&R 4 starts and error message "... backup taken with previous version..." is displayed.
I wanted to recover single file (R&R 4.31) from USB drive, however
error message "The list box identifierwas not found" is displayed
What shall I do? upgrade R&R to 4.51? downgrade R&R to 4 (where are downloads)? something else? what R&R versions exist for W7?
thanks in advance.

Thank you for coming back to my issue.
Creation date of \RRbackups: Jun 11, 2013
USB backup is Win7 backup.
What shall I look for in folder\rr.log? I am copying here the last unsuccesful recovery attempt>
Mon Jun 17 23:38:32 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:32 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - will check file m_iLocation=1, szBackups=C:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:32 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:32 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:36 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Mon Jun 17 23:38:37 2013 RescueRecovery: Getting GUI mask is 16
Mon Jun 17 23:38:38 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: OnInitDialog on Parent Panel and the nCount is 0
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: ClientGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo can not get RR_REGKEY_BACKUP_SECOND_DRIVE_SER_NUM=BackupSecondDriveSerNum
Mon Jun 17 23:38:39 2013 RescueRecovery: Enter FindLocalDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:40 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:42 2013 RescueRecovery: GetSecondBackupfolder iBackupDrive=-1 via FindSecondDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:44 2013 RescueRecovery: ClientGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:44 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:44 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo can not get RR_REGKEY_BACKUP_SECOND_DRIVE_SER_NUM=BackupSecondDriveSerNum
Mon Jun 17 23:38:44 2013 RescueRecovery: Enter FindLocalDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:44 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:47 2013 RescueRecovery: GetSecondBackupfolder iBackupDrive=-1 via FindSecondDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:38:48 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: Set LOCAL to UUID and reload backup before delete backup!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - will check file m_iLocation=1, szBackups=C:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo can not get RR_REGKEY_BACKUP_SECOND_DRIVE_SER_NUM=BackupSecondDriveSerNum
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: Enter FindLocalDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:53 2013 RescueRecovery: GetSecondBackupfolder iBackupDrive=-1 via FindSecondDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - will check file m_iLocation=32, szBackups=\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - can't found file m_iLocation=32, szBackups=\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: ClientGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo can not get RR_REGKEY_BACKUP_SECOND_DRIVE_SER_NUM=BackupSecondDriveSerNum
Mon Jun 17 23:38:55 2013 RescueRecovery: Enter FindLocalDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - will check file m_iLocation=8, szBackups=D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:56 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:38:58 2013 RescueRecovery: GetSecondBackupfolder iBackupDrive=-1 via FindSecondDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: ClientGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo nSize=10
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: ServiceGetSecondDiskInfo can not get RR_REGKEY_BACKUP_SECOND_DRIVE_SER_NUM=BackupSecondDriveSerNum
Mon Jun 17 23:39:00 2013 RescueRecovery: Enter FindLocalDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:39:01 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:03 2013 RescueRecovery: GetSecondBackupfolder iBackupDrive=-1 via FindSecondDrive
Mon Jun 17 23:39:04 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:39:04 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:39:04 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: OnPaint on Parent Panel and the nCount is 0
Mon Jun 17 23:39:09 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:09 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:13 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
Mon Jun 17 23:39:15 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - will check file m_iLocation=8, szBackups=D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, D:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8\common\backups.dat
Mon Jun 17 23:39:16 2013 RescueRecovery: Restore executed: location=8 level=0
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: In CreateSpecialBackupFolder, get szBackupFolder is C:\RRbackups\SZ\816B916B3551CB11-818F8F29B139CFE8
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: CreateSpecialBackupFolder: szBackupFolder= C:\RRbackups, szMidiumFolder = C:\RRbackups\SZ
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /inheritance:r
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /grant:r *S-1-5-18OI)(CI)F /T /C
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: icacls Legacy folder: C:\RRbackups\*
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: icacls Legacy folder: "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /grant:r *S-1-1-0OI)(CI)F /T /C
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /grant:r *S-1-1-0OI)(CI)F /T /C
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /remove *S-1-1-0
Mon Jun 17 23:39:17 2013 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /remove *S-1-5-32-544

How to restore Thinkpad T43 or R52 using rescue and recovery CD's

The genuine IBM Recovery CD Set will re-install your ThinkPad T43 or R52 (listed types only) with the original pre-load factory software, including Windows XP Professional with a legal, valid license, and all the original IBM Drivers and applications.
1. Set your Laptop to Boot From the CDROM Drive.
IT MAY ALREADY BE set to boot from CD if a bootable disc is in the drive so try and see if it does first with the disc labed 'rescue and recovery'. If it does then just skip to step 2. If it does not then you will have to enter the computers BIOS setup to tell it to.
NOTE: When in the BIOS SETUP DONT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE if you are not absolutely sure what you are changing.
ACCESSING THE BIOS:
During startup at the first screen (says "IBM Thinkpad") press F12 then F1 to enter the bios setup program.
Use keys to navigate to 'startup' then to 'boot'. Press enter and following instructions in the right hand panel move the items to make your CD or DVD drive (Atapi CD0) AHEAD of your main hard drive (IDE HDD0). It doesn't matter if 'legacy floppy or USB are ahead of either of them if they are not connected. PRESS F-10 TO SAVE AND EXIT the bios setup program.
2.Restart the computer with the first disc i.e. Rescue and Recovery CD already in the drive. The recovery program will come up. A smaller window will come up.
3.Follow the on screen prompts.
Choose to restore to Factory Specifications to Install OS, Applications and Drivers
At some point it may ask if there is a supplemental disk. This is the one that says 'Lenovo'.
4.Follow on screen prompts (i.e. insert disk 1)
5.The prompts will continue to ask for the discs in numbered order.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen to restore laptop to factory settings
7. Do not boot directly to the hard drive until the entire recovery process is complete i.e until you have used all the recovery cds for the set.
8. During the recovery process the computer will reboot multiple times. Do not do anything to interrupt the process unless you are asked to insert any specific disk.
AT THE END:
Promps may ask for the supplemental disc again, follow the on screen prompts.
Computer will restart, you may see the original recovery screen. BE PATIENT, The files still have to expand. You may not see any prompts for a couple of minutes.
SOMETIMES: (I dont know why)
After loading all the discs and after it takes you to the recovery program if nothing happens AFTER A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME, BE PATIENT, remove all discs and click on restore factory contents AGAIN. It will expand all the files (takes a while) and restore your system.
Afterwards computer will restart multiple times as it continues to load windows, programs and drivers. Follow all the on screen prompts until it is done.
Once everything is done go to microsoft (All Programs > Windows update) and load all new service packs and updates.
Partially taken from the internet and written for a customer. Tried and tested. PLEASE ADD TO KNOWLEDGEBASE.
NOTE: instructions may also be valid for other Model Thinkpads.

NNNNN wrote:
SOMETIMES: (I dont know why)
After loading all the discs and after it takes you to the recovery program if nothing happens AFTER A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME, BE PATIENT, remove all discs and click on restore factory contents AGAIN. It will expand all the files (takes a while) and restore your system.
IIRC this was the normal recovery/restore procedure for older ThinkPads. First the recovery image is installed, then the machine reboots to Rescue and Recovery to use that image to restore the rest of the hard drive. User input is required at that point to select restore.
Newer machines combine both operations.
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Blue Screen error message after using Rescue and Recovery.

Good morning - I unfortunately had to use the IBM Rescue and Recovery feature to restore my factory settings. However, now my computer is giving me a blue screen error during the startup process. Unfortunately it is not on the screen long enough for me to get too much information from it, but I have been able to get win22n51.sys as being some sort of error message. If I start the computer in safe mode it will load without the error. If I use the safe mode plus networking it gives the error. So I'm assuming it has something to do with the network drivers?
I would appreciate any ideas you all have for resolving/further diagnosing this problem.
Thank you!

Hello,
Perhaps this Lenovo knowledgebase article, "XP Crash: System may hang or restart with a previous version of the Intel PRO 2200BG Mini PCI adapte..." will be of help to you in resolving the problem?
Regards,
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Rescue and Recovery failed destination network location can no longer be reached

W510, running Windows 7 Pro SP1, updated with ThinkVantage including BIOS 1.37 along with Rescue and Recovery 4.31 yesterday. Using Backup locations "Local hard drive" had not problem, but when it was set to "Network", it gave me "The backup failed because the destination network location can no longer be reached.". Prior to running RR, I manually mounted the shared drive on W510 and could read and write files. The user that mounted the shared drive was not "Administrator" but has Administrator privilege. The network shared drive was a folder on an Windows XP SP3 computer.The shared drive had Full Control granted to Everyone as well as for Sharing. I rebooted W510 before starting RR. After the "network location can no longer be reached" error popped up, a long while later, RR actually wrote some files in the shared drive and then finally it aborted. It created on the shared drive RRBackups\SZ\<UUID>\... (among other folders and files); under <UUID> there's a common\rr.log with:
Sun May 22 01:56:39 2011 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\
Rescue and Recovery\br_funcs.exe backup level=0 destination="\\192.168.0.1\W510_
backup\RRbackups\SZ\D0D186C05DAE11E0-9303F5C431248DAC" drive=C: location=16 nice
=0 pw=0 uuid=0 compress encrypt
Sun May 22 02:04:15 2011 RescueRecovery: br_funcs returned error code 0x501
Sun May 22 02:04:15 2011 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
Files\Lenovo\mnd\mapdrv.exe *
Sun May 22 02:04:15 2011 RescueRecovery: Get the shutdown flag from service is 0
Sun May 22 02:04:48 2011 RescueRecovery: CRRBackup::removeLevel() - DeleteFile(\
\192.168.0.1\W510_backup\RRbackups\SZ\D0D186C05DAE11E0-9303F5C431248DAC\common\b
t0.dat) failed. Error 3
Sun May 22 02:04:48 2011 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, UUID is D0D186C
05DAE11E0-9303F5C431248DAC!
Sun May 22 02:04:48 2011 RescueRecovery: In CreateSpecialBackupFolder, get szBackupFolder is C:\RRbackups\SZ\D0D186C05DAE11E0-9303F5C431248DAC
Sun May 22 02:04:48 2011 RescueRecovery: CreateSpecialBackupFolder: szBackupFolder= C:\RRbackups, szMidiumFolder = C:\RRbackups\SZ
The events don't make sense:
a) Why would RR says "network location can no longer be reached" - the wording suggests that it was OK, but now it isn't.
b) The br_funcs returns Error 0x501 (NOT_IMPLEMENTED or NOT_SUPPORTED), but RR still attempted to call mapdrv.
c) Apparently mapdrv was successful otherwise it shouldn't try to delete the t0.dat on the shared drive (which didn't exist - hence Error 3 (PATH_NOT_FOUND)) and unless it has reached the remote computer, it wouldn't know the file wasn't there.
I'm curious to find out if anyone has run into this problem and how to fix it.

It errored out after it has already created some folders and files as indicated in the first post.Tried the same steps several times just make sure it was repeatable by closing Rescue and Restore app and starting it again. The network between the share host and my W510 was a direct RJ45 cable connection, so zero hop. In the end I used Windows 7 Backup and Restore to do full backup, using the same \\server\sharename, the network share was mapped without a problem. But then Windows 7 Restore CD wasn't able to map network share - giving me 0x800704cf. Googling shows lots questions raised on this but no fix.
Update:
Last night, I gave it a shot again. For some reason, RR was able to mapped the network share using \\IPaddress\sharename (this time I used a different folder and a diferent sharename). OK great, but after 10 hrs it's at 88% completion, did my math, estimated elasped time is 12 hrs, Wow! The image backup with Windows 7 Backup took 5 hr 51 min with 132GB in the WindowsImageBackup folder. RR is 2x slower!
On the other hand, as it's still running, the est. backup folder size is 106GB. RR does a better job in compression - a 20% reduction in size compared with Windows' at the cost of 2x time.
Going back to the Windows 7 Restore CD 0x80704cf error when mapping the network share, found an Internet user posting that he succeede by providing a NIC driver.

Rescue and Recovery 4.5. Rescue media can't boot from FAT32 64GB flash drive.

T530 Windows 7. I did a full (base) backup to a 64GB USB flash drive formatted FAT32. R&R started by indicating “Rescue and Recovery Medium being created” and after a few hours finished the backup. When I click on ‘View all backups’ I can see the backup created. I then tested the flash drive to see if it’s bootable but the screen only shows rapidly moving white font gibberish over black background. I did the same as a test on a 8GB USB flash drive formatted NTFS (I had to stop the backup since 8GB was not enough space) but had no trouble booting from it. Both flash drives have the folders: boot, efi, Preboot, RRbackups, tvtos and files: bootmgr, bootmgr.efi, fcopy.ini. In other words, the only difference seems to be that it works with 8GB NTFS but not with 64GB FAT32. Is that the issue or just coincidence?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The readme file for RNR 4.5.1 states:
Consideration 7
Unable to boot from a 64 GB USB memory key
When you create rescue media on a 64 GB USB memory key and then boot your computer from the memory
key, an error message is displayed, saying, ?¡ãError loading Operating System.?¡À
To solve the problem, change the 64 GB USB memory key to one with less storage capacity.
===
The question is.. is your Flash USB a memory key?
I would reformat the 64GB to NTFS, then run the Create Rescue Media option onto it. Then try to boot the USB.
There is another post out here stating on certain USB sticks, you have to PREFORMAT it, using diskpart command, before using the Create Rescue Media option..
This link might help:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-74246

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