Rescue & Recovery vs Win 7 Pro Backup

Anyone have any strong preferences either way? Tempted to go R&R but in the past I had bug issues and problems restoring. Win 7 seems simple and from the brief explination menu it appears you can recover individual files. T61p win7 pro 64bit backing up to a 2nd HD in bay.
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R&R seemed cool until I actually tried to use it. Backing up on the HDD in my laptop, while useful if a virus should corrupt my OS, seems silly when it's possible to backup on an external device. After all, if my HDD crashes then the backup on the HDD isn't going to help me much, is it? And what about space? I need all the space on my HDD and I don't want to allocate it to a backup.
I have a NAS drive mapped to L: on my machine. For the life of me I can not figure how to make my R&R backup go here. I selected "Network" as the location but the R&R application wants to map the drive itself. It seemed to map it but I have no way to verify as the mapped location appears hidden. Now when I select Network I just get a spinning blue circle for a bit and then nothing.
The R&R app should allow you to select whatever external folder you want (e.g. L:\thinkpad_backup). It doesn't seem to allow this, unless I am missing something. And if I am missing something then Lenovo hasn't made it very clear and easy as I have gone over the choices again and again.

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Rescue & recovery on Win 7 (64bit)

Hi all,
Yesterday I heave format my HDD from Vista Business.
After install Win 7 I was trying to install all utilities which was not a big problem. Only when I want install Rescue & recovery (the newest version 4.31) I got a error with code ''6''. After searching on the web I was not able to find a solution. Even after updating Visual C++ it won't install.
What am I dieing wrong and how must I do it right?
Regards Wim
Ps: Sorry for my bad English trying to do my best better it a bit.

what language did you try to install? I was not able to install english version, i had to choose some another language.
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Rescue & Recovery can't see backups any more

Hi! (new here, so hello all!)
I have been using R&R on my T420 (Windows 7, 64-bit) for a while now, carefully backing up my C:\ to an external USB drive every few weeks, or when I install something major. I had 29 backups on the disk. The disk is a 2TB disk with around 1.5TB still available. It can be read through Windows when I use Explorer and shows up in autorun, etc. when it's plugged in.
However, when I run R&R (it's currently v4.5), it says that no backups are found on the external USB drive... and wants to start again at "Base" system level.
Any idea what would cause this? I'm not sure if R&R got updated recently with System Update, but TVSU 5.0 isn't working for me, so I've just uninstalled it (as per another thread in the forum) and I'm just going to install 4.3 again.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Thanks,
Mohit.
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Thanks for being so patient with me.
Step - A
1. Yes, I can see RRBackups in C, D and E and also on my recovery USB HD.
2. When I change permissions and go into the folder on C: it has a few files, but from around Mar 2012.
3. When I do the same for R: (ext USB), it has the folders for C and Q, etc. and C has backups 0 - 16 (I just realized that I had skipped numbers, so I don't have 29, but 17 backups over the past 6 months) <-- this shoud mean that the base and incrementals are all on R:
Step - B
1. I think I started with RNR 4.3 because I got the laptop in Jan 2012 (much after 4.5 release - Nov 2011)... I have never uninstalled RNR or re-installed it, so if TVSU doesn't update it, it should have been 4.5 from the start. I have 4.50.0025.00
2. RNR settings are pointing to USB because I always use the "Change schedule, manage backups, ..." option and then give the backup a name and confirm "save backups to external usb drive" before starting back-up
Finally the rather long log dump from the log (just the current session)
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Tue Oct 02 23:50:31 2012 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Tue Oct 02 23:50:31 2012 RescueRecovery: Getting GUI mask is 16
Tue Oct 02 23:50:32 2012 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rrstrigger.exe -start
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: OnInitDialog on Parent Panel and the nCount is 0
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:33 2012 RescueRecovery: R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\tvtschedinterface.dll
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: g_pTVTSchedulerInterface is NULL!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: Mode is 8, day is 1, hour is 12, min is 0
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: EverypolicyLocation is 0, ModepolicyLocation is 0, HourpolicyLocation is 0
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: Set LOCAL to UUID and reload backup before delete backup!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Second, W:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:34 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: Get USB Drive message(winServiceIsUSBDrive)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 2
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: Set LOCAL to UUID and reload backup before delete backup!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Local, C:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\Second, W:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: winGetDriveData find a (usb)
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, get local UUID!
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: loadBackups() - deleteRegistryKey SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\Backups\USB, R:\RRbackups\SZ\01013396D551CB11-BAEFDB1625A480BF\common\backups.dat
Tue Oct 02 23:50:35 2012 RescueRecovery: OnPaint on Parent Panel and the nCount is 0
</pre>
Thanks!

Rescue & Recovery or Windows 7 Backup

Does anyone have an opinion which is best to use?
Would it matter if you used both?
Tony Tedesco

Herik wrote:
Hi,
you are welcome.
Please surely let me know if you will have any additional questions to this thread, so that I can follow up on this one.
Or one you will see this sitaution as fixed, then just mark it as fixed.
In any case post here some of your new remarks, so that also the rest of the community can benefit from it
Cheers
So, with your help I am back up and running with my RAID 10 disk but with some questions- if you can clarify.
What I have now is:
4x 250MB-320MB Drives in a RAID 10 array (with one additional drive configured as a hot spare). Total disk space 468 GB and higher performance with security. Cool!
Using R&R boot from DVD drive OS came up and running no problem (the driver I preinstalled before the upgrade worked fine after upgrade to RAID)
Questions:
1. In the Recovery Workspace you are asked what you want to recover- I chose the Base back-up as it seemed the right choice- but the supplemntal backups were presented as options too...The supplementals were only from the last week or so, so relatively small. Should I now reboot into the workspace and recover them also - one by one? Is that the process- or would choosing the most recent back-up have picked up ALL of the prior ones too?
2. OS drive was previously 246GB and after recovery to my surprise- still 246GB- The Lenovo recovery partition had expanded to fill the rest of the drive...I guess R&R really is an image. I tried to load my trusty Partition Magic 8.0 only to find there isn't a Win 7 version- nor will there be....Another fine product destroyed by Symantec. I had used Partition Magic since OS/2 days....
3. I found another Partition Magic clone (EASEUS Partition Master) which looks suspiciously like Partition Magic and runs in Win 7 and to my great surprise was able to rearrange and expand the primary partition to 468G or so and plant the Lenovo recovery partition at the end.
So- I am up and running except for the last two supplemental back-ups- (which doesn't really worry me). I would like to know what I could have done better to get it ALL for next time.
Thanks for your help. It is really closed except for my above questions.
Al

Rescue & Recovery--Can't delete backup

When I try to delete an old backup from the basic R&R window I get a message window saying "Please wait while the backups are deleted", with a tumbling hourglass. Problem is, the window doesn't go away until I invoke Task Manager to stop the R&R application. I've walked away from the laptop for quite a while before killing the process.
I'm running Vista Home Premium, SP1, on a T61W with ThinkVantage R&R version 4.20.0512.00.
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Other members have been able to solve the same problem by deleting the last made backup first, on it's own, and then the other backups.
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Problem with Rescue & Recovery and older version backups

I have R&R version 4.23 on a R61i running XPP. Two problems:
1) It will not recognize older version backups on external HD. Any way to retrieve a few files only from old backup?
2) How do I delete an older version backup on internal HD which is not accessible but taking up lot of space? It seems to be hidden but is there.
Thanks!

hey harryr,
could you provide a screenshot of any error that you're receiving when you tried to use the R&R ?
Curious to know, those backup that you have, was it done before upgrading to R&R v4.23 ? and if you copied the backup file from external to internal HDD, are you able to recover the backup ?
For number 2, is that backup located on the C:\ ? If it is, try changing the view to show all hidden files.
Also, do check if your system is updated too.
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Rescue & Recovery + new Norton Antivirus = pain

Norton downloaded and update to their antivirus program and now Rescue & Recovery always stops during backup with the notification that C:/....../index.qbs is either corrupted or in use. It is in the Symantec folder. I have reinstalled Norton -- no help.
Any ideas?
Any recommendations for a different (better) antivirus program?

i've used AVG for over a decade and am quite happy with it. i've used it countless times to find viruses on other people's systems which norton didn't catch.
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Can you install Windows 7, then revert to a backup image of Vista with Rescue & Recovery?

I have a copy of 7 I want to put on my T61. I've partitioned the OS into one partion, and the files into another.
I've made backup copies of the OS with Rescue & Recovery already, so can I install Windows 7 over Vista, then if I find I don't want to stick with it, recover back to Vista?
T61 15.4" T9300 (2.5GHz 6MB L2) Windows 7 Professional x64 4GB Memory, NVidia Quadro NVS 140M

When you get to BOOTCAMP, that has to be changed from FAT to NTFS but you have to click Advanced Option.... button in order to change to NTFS.
The GPT error message can happen if you have more than one internal hard drive (say SSD and TB model).
If you didn't use Assistant, and some have managed, undo the partition.
Paragon CampTune $19 can also assist with installing Windows, creating the partition - but may not work with Lion, though you aren't there yet.

Rescue & Recovery resets backup time

I'm on a Windows 7 64 bit x230 laptop. Rescue & Recovery 4.50 keeps resetting my backup time to noon, I keep setting it to middle of the night when it would be convenient to do a backup. Why is it doing this? I have tried resetting the schedule in both advanced rescue & recovery and the basic page. Yes, I am hitting save or apply.

The windows task scheduler has the launch entry for RNR scheduled backups.
Go to Control Panel, Admin tools, task scheduler. Double click the task scheduler library, then you will see a list of folders. Double click the TVT folder. You will see an entry called LaunchRnR. Right click this entry, and do Properties.
Please post the current Trigger contents. Does it say weekly or such, at NOON as you describe?
Look in C:\SWshare\rr.log for the following entries:
Tue Jun 12 13:56:42 2012 RescueRecovery: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\tvtsetsched.exe
Tue Jun 12 13:56:42 2012 RescueRecovery: update task="LaunchRnR" trigger=RnRTrigger triggertype=weekly time=2012-06-01T07:00:42 day=0 action=RnRAction actiontype=exe argument="BACKUP location=L name="Scheduled" scheduled"
Tue Jun 12 13:56:42 2012 RescueRecovery: Running: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\tvtsetsched.exe update task="LaunchRnR" trigger=RnRTrigger triggertype=weekly time=2012-06-01T07:00:42 day=0 action=RnRAction actiontype=exe argument="BACKUP location=L name="Scheduled" scheduled"
Tue Jun 12 13:58:52 2012 RescueRecovery: In GetBackupFolderName, UUID is CC5F1FA34DEF30F6-B487057ED9063ADC!
Tue Jun 12 13:58:52 2012 RescueRecovery: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\tvtschedinterface.dll
Tue Jun 12 13:58:52 2012 RescueRecovery: g_pTVTSchedulerInterface is NULL!
Tue Jun 12 13:58:52 2012 RescueRecovery: Get back from GetTaskNextRunTime and return value is 0, next run time is 2012-6-17 7:0:42
After you set your desired backup schedule, check your log for the above messages. ie, RC=0. Then check task scheduler for matching launch schedule. Please post the portion of RR.log containing the above messages.

Rescue &Recovery Win 8

I have a w530 w/windows 8. Is Rescue & recovery available on this OS? If so, where do I find it?
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Hello and welcome,
There isn't a Rescue and Recovery for Windows 8 machines. The native Windows tools are used for recovery and backup/restore.
Methodology to create Recovery Media and reload a Lenovo system with Microsoft Windows 8 preload
Use the rather oddly named "Windows 7 File Recovery" tools for full drive backup and recovery.
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Rescue & Recovery Backup Failing on T60

Hi all -- I'd appreciate any help on the following problem:
I've been performing regular backups of my T60 to an external HDD via USB for about a year now. I've been using Rescue & Recovery version 3.10.0022.00. Everything's been fine until a couple of weeks ago when after about 20 minutes into the backup, a message popped up that said "Backup did not complete sucessfully."
The R&R help files are worthless in terms of any sort of troubleshooting information.
I have 99 GB of space left on the external drive (at least according to R&R), and the HDD that I'm backing up has signficantly less data than 99 GB so I don't think space is a problem. (Curiously, before I ran the first backup that failed, R&R said I had about 110 or 120 GB free, and only after failing the first time and subsequent times did it say I only had 99 GB free).
I've read of people solving some of their R&R problems by reinstalling, but I'm afraid that the newly installed software won't recognize the backups already taken, and I'll be forced to delete them. I don't want to do this for several reasons.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks.

Hi, eacuni.
I have no solution to this but am sharing your experience.
I am running Windows XP on a T60 FDG1951. Ever since I installed XP Service Pack 3 Rescue and Recovery has not been working properly while before that time I never had problems creating backups. Since installing SP3, Rescue and Recovery aborts backing up 100% of the time, showi ng an error message that simply states either that creating the backup was unsuccessful or - even more simply - that it was aborted. No explanation offered.
Uninstalling Rescue and Recovery and newly installing the most recent version (4.21.0016.00), as the IBM/lenovo helpdesk suggested, didn't help any, either. Nor can it be a problem of a lack of space on my hard drive: I'm creating (trying to create, that is) my backups on an external USB drive with a lush 220 GB free.
So can anyone of you out there please help poor eacuni and me?
Thanks!
Thomas

Rescue & Recovery can't find by backups - EXCEPT in the restore function. Help

I recently optimized   files, including placement
on disk - machine now flies. I wanted to start from scratch with R&R). So,
deleted all backups on Local and USB.
I launched a Base Backup - initiated manually, shut down,
rebooted, came back up could not view backups - Message 'NO BACKUPS
FOUND' hen trying from 'view all back-ups', or 'delete backups' from Advanced
menu. However I can find them using RESTORE FROM BACKUP.
Repeated starting with a new backup, same results exactly, except
now I have two BASE backups. I even booted to the TV R&R
environment maybe find things there. No luck - no ability to initiate a backup from Boot TV
environment, but could restore from the two backups.
I see no other choice other than uninstall 3.01? Do you? However, the newest
version out there is 4.22.. Any reason why I shouldn't upgrade to the
newest release? I read all the warning, installation notes, bugs, etc., none seem to apply to me.
If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate it, or if you know any
reason why 4.22 is not a good option...?
Thanks in advance
Rescue & Recovery version 3.01 T60 machine type = 2623 - Model -
D7U
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After deciding to recover a large amount of disk space, and start over with a new BASE - so deleted off all backups (I have a set on DVD's). Used the Delete Backups under the Advanced tab. Version 3.01.0037.
Ran a new base backup (successful), but when trying to look at it using every available function in R&R - it could not find any backup " ". Kept on messing around until low and behold, when attempting to do a restore, it finds the backups and lets me restore from it. I could have lived with it but every backup it took (I tried two more) were each bases meaning big consumer of harddrive space.
Mistake one - called Lenovo (3 year contract), they suggested upgrade to most current version of R&R 4.21 or 4.22. Walked me through it (no worries) and got new one installed. PS: Version 4 has some new very slick features. Ran backup (I monitored using Task Manager - processes) - ran for a couple of hours never consuming more than one % of CPU. Cancel button inoperative - eventually had to shut down machine. When booted up again, R&R Processes continue to run and all attempts to start R&R unsuccessful.
Back to Lenovo - eventually tried with 3 other release versions (all R4), same results. They suggest reimage platform and start over. Note: I had no problems whatsoever until trying to recover space from R&R by deleting backups.
Gave up on Lenovo and reinstalled V3.01.0042 (most recent R3 version). Everything appears to run fine. Doing backups, can see them, tried a couple of restores, everything worked perfectly.
New variable. Was convinced that XP sp/3 had been out there long enough, over a year,so decided to install. First thing, take a new backup even though the base was less than 48 hours old.
It became evident very evident that SP/3 had caused a lot of instability to my machine. BSOD's all over the place, so decided to go back. My first approach, go back by restoring to my last backup using R&R. (at least the Window System since everything else had not changed). I started in Windws to select which backup and what I wanted to do.    R&R then shut down Windows and began firing up the R&R boot space in order to do the Windows restore.
Here's the reason I ended up at this NTLDR post, was after stopping temporarily with the delete of the MBR, I thought I might reinstall version 3.02.0042 and see if that had any impact on the MBR. So, I installed it, ran a delta backup which ran quick since hadn't changed much, then shut down and attempted to boot into the R&R Recovery Space. Low and Behold, I get the NTLDR is Compressed - message . Which took me here.
I followed your advice and downloaded the files and burned them to a diskette, ran the diskette, then tried to boot into the recovery space.
To my surprise, Version 4 of R&R fired up (where did that come from when I had uninstalled all version 4's using the Add/Remove program function). And of course, once it was all loaded it gave me the message that it couldn't find the backup Record where it expected it to be (it was on an external USB drive).
So now, I need to figure out how to get rid of Version 4 on the MBR so I can load it again with the right version. Lenovo suggested to be that could be accomplished by doing the following:
Uninstall R&R v 3.01 - using add/remove programs
Boot into Bios - Disable Pre-Desktop - save and exit.
Uninstall R&R v 3.01 - using add/remove programs
Boot into Bios - Disable Pre-Desktop - save and exit.
Reboot into Windows
Right click on My Computer, select Manage - get to Disk Manager - select the Service partition of the C hard drive (the MBR) and Delete the Service partition.
Install the new 3.01version of R&R (and it will also rebuild the with the proper version - the only one it now knows about.)
I got as far as the Delete the Service Partition, but the computer would not let me delete it. In fact, it would allow me to delete the primary NTFS partition, but the delete was grayed out on the Fat32 Service Partition.
So, my next step is to install Norton Partition Magic and use that to remove the Fat32 Service Partition. But before I do so I need to know that what I am doing has a good potential to solve the problems I am having, and not just compounding the problems to the point where I will have no choice but to reload with a factory image and manually bring it forward (not fun)
One question i had for you, on the NTLDR diskette, you didn't have anything on it that would load R&R v4 into the MBR did you? I didn't think so.
do you think the solution suggested will work? And any potential pitfalls I should be aware of,or if you have a better idea, I am all ears.
Thanks so much in advance for your assistance.
Regards
Fred J
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Rescue & Recovery Unable to backup ....

Hello,
I have used Rescue & Recovery for many years and love it. It has save me multiple times.
I recently installed Google Desktop. There are about a dozen Google Desktop files that R&R says it is unable to backup. I have to manually say "skip" to get the backup to complete successfully. This is a pain.
Q1) Is their a way to add these files to a R&R "exclude" list so R&R does not attempt to back them up? I do not need them in my R&R backup, as they can easily be recreated.
Q2) Or alternately, is their an adjustment I can make to Google Desktop so that R&R will backup these Google Desktop files?
Thank you for your assistance.

you can exclude files in R&R go to advance mode and at the top of that click on advance then exclude files
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Rescue and Recovery Crashes While Deleting Backup Files

I've seen many threads in regards to Rescue and Recovery crashing while deleting backup files, but no solutions were ever mentioned! I have a T400 (Vista SP2, Intel T9400, 4GB RAM, 300 GB HD) and was quickly running out of disk space. After finding mention of Rescue and Recovery I was able to delete some of the backups but not all. For example I have one from 2008 (18GB) but it won't seem to delete. I let it sit for quite a while (over night) but it still didn't delete. Does anybody have a solution for how to get R&R to delete this files? Or how to delete these files manually? Thanks in advance.

Hi,
in this situation I assume, you are using the GUI for the deletiong of the RnR Backups.
What I always prefer is the rrcmd.exe which you can use with the "delete" whicht so that the backups that you want to will be deleted.
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Rescue & Recovery lists no backups on Iomega USB eGO disk

Hi,
I have been using an Iomega eGO external USB drive for backups.
I have been able to list and remove backups (when required) when in Windows 7 and running Rescue & Recovery, but I am unable to get a list of backups when booting from a Recovery DVD into Rescue & Recovery.
Basically I am replacing the unencrypted hard drive with an SSD that supports encryption.
The aim was to use a full backup made immediately prior to removing the HDD to restore the full system.
When booting from the recovery DVD, the Rescue & Recovery utility doesn't list any backups, even when the tick box for listing backups for other systems is checked.
It makes no difference whether selecting ALL locations or External USB Drive.
Any ideas?
Backups aren't much good if you can't retrieve them.
If my old disk had failed then I'd be in a worse state than this. I can't say that I'm impressed.
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Hello and welcome,
Has R&R been updated since you made your bootable DVD? It's possible there's a version mismatch between your backups and your R&R DVD.
You might try burning a new rescue CD - or whatever it's called on your machine, "bootable media" maybe. That may be able to find your backups.
Z.
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