Rescue and Recovery backup doesn't see USB harddrive

I have a USB drive connected to my laptop and I can access it with Windows file explorer. If I try to backup to it R&R says it can't find it. I don't see other users reporting similar problems here. Can anyone suggest a way to get this to work and, if I do get it to work, how can I be sure I will be able to restore from the drive if I need to?

The error message is: "The USB backup drive cannot be found. Please reattach and try again." Since Windows can see the drive, reattaching makes no sense.
Googling for this error message turned up a posting from someone with the same problem on these forums which unfortunately has received no replies.

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Remove rescue and recovery backups, without r&r?

I have i little problem, i have a 90gb r&r-backup on my external harddrive.
I've just reinstalled the computer(thinkpad r61), without any thinkvantage-programs!
when i try to delete the "rrbackups" it says it has write protection and i cant get rid of the write protection...
i tried it in safe mode too...

RNR was not supported on win8. I would assume it is not supported on Win 10.Is your extenal backup location a USB-HDD or a Second hard drive?Refer to the following post to get security access to the RNR backup folder \RRbackups. After you get security access, you will be able to delete the folder. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/How-can-I-see-my-Rescue-Recovery-backup-files-on-a-USB-drive/m-p/986305/highlight/true#M21936 Additional folders on the USB-Hdd/Second HDD used by standalone (bootable) rnr:\boot\efi\preboot\tvtosfile bootmgrfile bootmgr.efi To be on the safe side, just delete \rrbackups and leave standalone RNR intact.

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.

How to manage Rescue and Recovery Backups

Hi I've been using disk image backup solutions since the days of powerquests Drive Image. And have had my days with Ghost and Acronis Trueimage. I recently built a clean Vista image on my T400, and I'd like to take advantage of the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 4.21 tool since it the recovery technology is already part of my system and I have tested it once.
I'm used to the idea that a backup tool will produce an image file, which I can manage myself, moving to various media....hiding under my bed etc. With RnR, I've noticed it prefers to control the directory's where backups are placed (this is a bit annoying to me, but I can live with it, as long as it's isolated to the RRBackup directory - which it appears may not be the case). I do appreciate it's ability to specify various backup media locations (network, CD, 2nd HDD, USB) and recognize that it's a simple approach for basic usage.
Recently I've backed up my image to USB drive, and also to the local disk. I'd like to take that back up and split it up into DVD's and burn it to disk. I know there is a built in RnR feature which lets us copy backups from the local drive (why only local drive ??) to USB/Network/CD, but unfortunately the CD copy feature burns directly to my thinkpad burner...which is a CDR device, not a DVDR device. I'd like to use the DVDR device on my desktop...
Anyway, I'd like to know if there is more resources on how to manage RnR Backups. I found the following guide http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-70344.html (which is hard to get on Lenovo's site...google finds it better), I'm still reading it, but so far it appears more focused on the pre-desktop area than backup management.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi Danielle,
Consider this allegory; factory settings will make your thinkpad like a never driven 0 meter car [with reference to software]. Hence it will be far-flung from it's previous state. Apart from what you have already saved on memory stick, all settings and the software you have installed on the notebook will be lost.
I hope this helps.
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Deleting Rescue and Recovery backups

I using WinXP+SP3 and Rescue and Recovery 4. I launch Rescue and Recovery via Start-Programs-ThinkVantage-Rescue and Recovery. In the Window that opens I click 'Change schedule, name a backup, delete backups'. Another Windown opens and I can see my backups listed at the bottom of this Window. When I select a backup to delete, a small Window opens that asks if I'm sure I want to delete the backup. I say 'yes'. Another Windown opens that says 'Please wait while the backups are deleted'.
My issue is Rescue and Recovery seems to hang and never finishes the backup deletion. I see the access light on my external drive blink at first so Rescue and Recovery seems to be doing something at first but the 'Please wait while the backups are deleted' never closes. I let the delete run all night and when I got up, the Window was still there. I tried to delete another backup and got the same result.
What is causing the problem? I can see the contents of my external drive in Windows Explorer so I know my PC can access it.

rmbowma, welcome to the forum,
delete the last backup on it's own first, you should then be able to delete other backups.
Please remember that they are incremental backups, you can't delete for instance backups 2-5 leaving 1 & 6 as 6 is dependent on 2-5.
Hope this helps
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Rescue and Recovery: Backup does not finish.

I very recently updated my Rescue and Recovery, now it runs version 4.21.12.0. When I do a backup, it does it just fine, but: After a message that the backup was done successfully, a message comes with a rotating hourglass, saying: "Finalizing backup, please wait..." This message stays forever and only goes away when I kill "Rescue and Recovery" with Windows' Task Manager. This did not happen with the previous version of Rescue and Recovery.
a) Does killing the Rescue and Recovery program at this point affect the actual backup files in a negative way? Or are they just fine, this being just a "cosmetic" problem"?
b) Is this my problem somehow, or a programming bug of Rescue and Recovery that should disappear with the next release?
Thank you for your help,
Wolfgang

hi there,
I have the same question as well. Just like you, I went to the task Manager, it states 'rescue and recovery running', then I did a right click, and go to its proces, I found out that the corresponding file "MsgBox.exe" have 00 value under CPU; and constant 6,496k under physical mem usage for hours, so I assumed that it will bea message box bug and shouldn't affect the backup dat. But again, I am not 100% sure. Guess i might wait for the answer as well.

How to partition HD in order to load the rescue and recovery backup

HI All,
Can anyone tell me how to properly partition the HD in order for the Blue Button(thinkVantage) to work again?
Does it matter in the order how you create the partition...? (I create one partition then separate them via Partition Manager)
I load the image back via Norton Ghost v10... but the Rescue and Recovery section is not responding... I remember the section is created as (EISA system) as it is reported by Disk Manger (not extended or logical type)
Please help here...
thanks

One work-around that I have used successfully when I had an Acronis image but no R&R image is to do a full restore to factory using the factory recovery media (from Lenovo or home made on the TP) and then restoring only the windows partition from the non-Lenovo image. This should leave the service partition, the MBR, and track 0 in the Lenovo mystery mode, and let the think button work, and you get your cloned up-to-date OS.
I should add that in one of my experiments w/multi-booting and fiddling partitions, after using this procedure with Vista on my T400, vista wouldn't boot. It required a bootable vista DVD to run the vista boot repair procedure (twice). After that, "think" and vista booted as expected. I don't know of any way to do that with Lenovo install media. If no MS Vista DVD is available, there are stripped down versions with the repair stuff only floating around the web. The usual precautions re downloads apply. There may be manual ways to repair the vista boot stuff that I haven't found yet.
I can't say with certainty that this will always be necessary. I may have screwed something up during the two step restore process.
The magic "think" button is (potentially) pretty useful, but it and the "new improved" vista boot process are a little too fragile, IMNSHO.
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Questions about using Rescue and Recovery backup / Alternatives

I have used R&R, created DVD backup set, restored to a new HD. All worked great. Now a few months later I'd like to create another DVD BU set. Apparently we can only create ONE R&R dvd? It tells me I can continue to create the BU dvd set or cancel. My son has an identical X61 tablet and he could not create R&R the first time on DVD. I burned him a copy of mine and he was able to restore to his new HD. So, why restrict to a single copy of a dvd which is easily duplicated?
Question: Is the old R&R dvd compatable with new version of R&R (4.2x)? Can I continue to use it with new dvd BU sets?
Second: has anyone found a good backup utility like Casper which allows complete HD BU to an external drive? This is something I always did before the Lenovo, kept a spare HD to simply plug in in case the operating one failed, great BU. Casper will NOT work with Vista and the X61. Worked with them for several weeks, no progress. Created some hard to remove problems as well.
Thanks!
I do weekly BU to an external TBHD using the Thinkvantage utility but my confidence is not complete.
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you can try acronis true image solution it will even back up the entire service partition for you!goodluck!
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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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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

Using Rescue and Recovery to make backups from 3 different machines

Hello, I have three Thinkpad laptops, T400, X61 and R61i. I want to back up them using one external HD. The HD is divided into three partitions, the smallest for X61, the medium for R61i and the largest - for T400. I backed up all my laptops into the proper partitions (base backups), but now, then I want to make partial backups, they all are going to the largest partition (intended for T400). Is it possible (and how) to cause R&R to always use the same partition for each laptop while backing up it?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Please read the following post:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Rescue-and-Recovery-backup-partition-second-ha...
From this post:
(1) Learn how to change security/options to peak inside the RRbackups folder
(2) The conclusion
outside of an existing RNR folder, For a NEW create RRbackups folder, it will choose the partition with the MOST FREE space.
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I will offer some commentary and match it to what you are seeing.
(1) What release of RNR are on the 3 machines? same release? The newer RNR (been like this for a while), uses the UUID to separate backups within the SAME backup folder.
(2) for the C drive hdd, you CAN select another partition on the C drive hdd to hold the rrbackups folder, from the Advanced menu parms. This option is NOT available for second HDD.
(3) You will always have a RRbackups folder on the C drive. If you uninstall RNR, the C drive RRbackups is deleted. ***** Any RRbackups on external hdd will remain***
(4) What you want to do will not work. RNR is expecting one RNR backups folder on the external hdd, thus implying only one backups folder. From RNR windows, view backups will ONLY show backups that match the UUID of the machine RNR is running on. If you run RNR standalone, you can go to the restore panel and check the "show all backups from all machines" options. This should show all 3 of your machines backups. There is no advantage to have 3 partitiions for 3 backup folder. Sounds nice, wont work.
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I will walk you thru a basic how it works on your end. Correct me if you see something else.
(1) external HDD
part 1. small.
part 2. medium
part 3. large
All new partitions. All empty. Back up large machine, it will chose part 3, create RNR backups folder, Take a FULL base backup. It will store the backup location in the C \RRbackups and the registry. This entry in the folder is named 0. It should be roughly 1/2 the size of the Large machine C drive. Lets say 39 GB. Run the next run. This is an incremental backup (your term = partial). This entry is named 1, and will be 2 GB., etc.
You uninstall RNR. Reinstall, change location to Second. Run a backup. This will be an incremental backup (2) and will continue where it left off. (ie, it should find the old folder with uuid inside).
(2) the mess
You backup medium computer. It will find the part3 RNR backups but no matching UUID. humm.. Will it use folder on part3 or choose a largest free space partition, like part 2. You will have to test. I would vote for part 3.
===
In summary:
I believe RNR is designed for only 1 rrbackups folder on an external HDD, regardless of the number of partitions. You seem to indicate you have 3 RRbackups folders on 3 partitions. Look inside each folder. It might be just using part3 for all your backups and you just dont see it. (ie, were you using part 1 for small machine, took a backup, then added part 2 and part 3, etc). This might work. Small machine is locked in on small part 1. Large is locked in on part3. But if you uninstall RNR on small machine, reinstall, take backup. hum. It will probably switch over to part 3. or find part 1.
This is risk and time you do not need to take. You want a solid plan that works. Based on this mess, I think RNR folks decided to design only 1 RNR backups folder on external.

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?
Note from Moderator: Image(s) >50k converted to link(s).
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Thinkpad R40 2897-54U running Windows XP Pro

Rescue and Recovery 4.3 on Windows 7 Pro

I've just upgraded my ThinkPad R61 to Win 7 Pro, successfully installed all Win 7 ThinkVantage software and here starts my problem:
When I try to create a backup using RnR 4.3 I get "Gathering system settings and data. Please wait" window, r2r.exe is working for a few minutes and that's it. Nothing more after 11 hours. I thought it may be related to ESET Smart Security, but no.
Part of rr.log:
Wed Nov 04 23:47:02 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Wed Nov 04 23:47:02 2009 RescueRecovery: Getting GUI mask is 16
Wed Nov 04 23:47:04 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Wed Nov 04 23:47:04 2009 RescueRecovery: Getting GUI mask is 16
Wed Nov 04 23:47:07 2009 RescueRecovery: Set LOCAL to UUID and reload backup before create backup!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:07 2009 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:07 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\0000000000000000-0000000000000000\common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:07 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Second, \common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, \common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\tvtschedinterface.dll
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: g_pTVTSchedulerInterface is NULL!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: Get back from GetTaskNextRunTime and return value is 0, next run time is 2009-12-1 12:0:54
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: Set LOCAL to UUID and reload backup before delete backup!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\0000000000000000-0000000000000000\common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:08 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Second, \common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:09 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, \common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:17 2009 RescueRecovery: Loc=1 NoPrimary=0
Wed Nov 04 23:47:17 2009 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, UUID is 0000000000000000-0000000000000000!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:17 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\0000000000000000-0000000000000000\common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:17 2009 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, UUID is 0000000000000000-0000000000000000!
Wed Nov 04 23:47:17 2009 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\0000000000000000-0000000000000000\common\backups.dat
Wed Nov 04 23:47:22 2009 RescueRecovery: Get the shutdown flag from service is 0
Wed Nov 04 23:47:22 2009 RescueRecovery: Get the shutdown flag from service is 0
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\msgbox.exe /t=56 /id=65 /wait
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: In CreateSpecialBackupFolder, get szBackupFolder is C:\RRbackups\SZ\0000000000000000-0000000000000000
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: CreateSpecialBackupFolder: szBackupFolder= C:\RRbackups, szMidiumFolder = C:\RRbackups\SZ
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /inheritance:r
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /grant:r *S-1-5-18OI)(CI)F /T /C
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: icacls Legacy folder: C:\RRbackups\*
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: icacls Legacy folder: "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /grant:r *S-1-1-0OI)(CI)F /T /C
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /inheritance:d
Wed Nov 04 23:47:29 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups\SZ" /grant:r *S-1-1-0OI)(CI)F /T /C
Wed Nov 04 23:47:30 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /remove *S-1-1-0
Wed Nov 04 23:47:30 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: icacls "C:\RRbackups" /remove *S-1-5-32-544
Wed Nov 04 23:47:30 2009 RescueRecovery: getting index is 1
Wed Nov 04 23:47:32 2009 RescueRecovery: BackupThread Started. There are 1 partitions to back up
Wed Nov 04 23:47:32 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\instapps.exe /capture
Wed Nov 04 23:47:33 2009 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Migration\bin\r2r.exe /c "C:\SWSHARE\capture.sma"
Thanks in advance for any help.

I have:
1. Instslled a new 160GB, 7200 RPM Lenovo HDD
2. Clean installed Win 7 Ultimate (retail) x64
3. Clean installed all Lenovo and Microsoft Win 7 x64 updates
On my:
Lenovo T61p, T7700 2.4 Ghz, 4 GB Ram
I downloaded Rescue and Recovery..tvtvrnr43_en.exe and saved it to my desktop.
When I go to install the RnR I get the following error message:
"Microsoft Visual C++2005 Redistributal (x64) SP1 needs to be installed before you can install RnR".
One of Microsoft's important updates was the above MS Visual C++ which I installed.
I phoned Lenovo support in Atlanta and they said they offer no support on a retail version of Win 7. They
said that I was "missing some kernal" that came with the original OEM software which isn't on a retail clean
install. I'm baffeled since all other Lenovo Win 7 updates were able to be installed and are working properly.
I'm stuck. Any Suggestions please.
Thanks,
Altoid666
T530,Core i7-3820QM,16GB Ram, Intel 530 SSD 240GB, Blutooth 4.0,Ultimate-N 6300, 15.6 FHD, Nvidia NVS 5400M., All software current.,
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 , SP1. Office 2013 Professional

Rescue and Recovery after update from Windows Vista to 7

I've updated my 2 years old Lenovo T60 from the preinstalled Windows Vista to Windows 7. For short: I like it.
I kept the recovery partition but now want to update it, to keep it in sync with the current windows and Rescue and Recovery versions. By the way, due to earlier problems the system in this versions is not functional anymore. I tied to read the manual of Rescue and Recovery, but didn't get it...
Is their an "easy" way (or documentation) to accomplish that?
Thanks and Greetings

T60-user wrote:
I've updated my 2 years old Lenovo T60 from the preinstalled Windows Vista to Windows 7. For short: I like it.
I kept the recovery partition but now want to update it, to keep it in sync with the current windows and Rescue and Recovery versions. By the way, due to earlier problems the system in this versions is not functional anymore. I tied to read the manual of Rescue and Recovery, but didn't get it...
Is their an "easy" way (or documentation) to accomplish that?
Thanks and Greetings
The factory partition can't be updated - it is your recovery for what came out of the box with the system. You can create factory recovery CD's/DVD's and store them somewhere just in case, and then you should be able to remove that partition and reclaim the space. At that point, Rescue and Recovery for Win7 becomes your sole recovery option.
There is a lot of new architecture in the Win7 version of R&R so you can't "upgrade" it from Vista - you'll need to install the new version in Win7. It would probably be a good idea to burn your Vista Rescue and Recovery backups to CD/DVD before you upgrade, too.

Sleep mode with Rescue and Recovery

I am trying to set up Lenovo Rescue and Recovery backup to run in the early morning hours. The problem is that I typically have my laptop in sleep mode at this time. Is there any way to set up the program to bring the laptop out of sleep mode to preform the backup? Thanks.

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I want an answer to this as well.
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