SSD Trim and recovery software

I have a crucial MX100 512G ssd and I know the windows 10 SSD optimize tool is SSD trim. However, after I ran the SSD optimization showing 100% trimmed, I noticed the trim didn't work because I could still recover my deleted files via data recovery software ( such as disk drill and others). Does it mean TRIM function will not wipe the block unless I do secure erase on the SSD, and people can still recover their deleted files even the SSD has TRIM function? I thought if SSD has TRIM, deleted data could not be recovered. ( I even left the computer idle over night, and I could still recover the files I deleted).

dummykid, have you checked files integrity after the recovery? That is, for example, if you have recovered .jpg file with a photo were the photo viewable?
The main function of TRIM is not to make data unrecoverable. Making data unrecoverable is a side effect of TRIM, one could say.
When a file is deleted from the drive the space it used to occupy should be TRIMmed and usually it occurs very fast. Recovery tools however, can still usually find the file with its name and attributes (size). This is because some data about old/deleted files can still be left in MFT (master file table) area.
When you delete data from the drive TRIM sends information to the SSD controller to help it clear the corresponding NAND parts. But I belive that the MFT works the same way with or without TRIM, that is it still stores some data related to deleted files, like name and size. But it is file content you really want to recover, not the file name and attributes only. Recovery tool will find the name and attributes of the file and it will recreate that file with the data taken from the drive, but the data itself can be completely different from the original or even empty. Check that out!
On my SSD I can 'recover' many photos (.jpg files) but they are unreadable, some of them have some random data and some have no data inside.

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OSX 10.7, SSDs, TRIM, and so on...

Okay, so I have played with Windows 7 Home Premium on this wonderful little Booklet 3g for some time now. I hate it.
I am a Mac guy, through and through, and this will never change.
I have been running both Linux Mint 11 and Ubuntu 11.04 for the past two weeks and love them on the Booklet 3g, but the same ugly moster rears its head at every turn - the GMA 500 chip. What a lame and disappointing choice!
I found a Poulsbo driver for Ubuntu that *sort of* works (anecdoatal information - I have yet to try it) and a terminal apt-get command to (I think) install the same exact file in Mint 11. It works, but the cursor flickers non-stop and a lot of the tasty features of the GMA 500 are still locked out. At least the resolution is correct and looks great. Nice!
So, the main problems with putting on my retail Mac OSX disc (purchased just for such a project) was that the GMA 500 is not supported at all and there is NO SOUND - in OR out! This is a deal breaker for me as I am a musician and use Finale as my killer app. I MUST have working sound.
So no OSx86 foolishness (ahem - testing) for this Booklet right now.
However, Lion is WAY faster than anything ever in the line of OSX versions, AND it now has TRIM support for all Macs. (Recent versions of Snow Leopard have had it for MacBook pros that have the SSD option.)
With Lion being so cool (multitouch wonders and TRIM) and so fast, the idea of upgrading my Nokia with a decent SSD is now very attractive. And I may reinstall Win7HP, but will probably just stay with Linux Mint 11. If the OSx86 community manages to figure out Lion for this computer I might go that route as well as I would love to make this more comfortable and familiar to me if I am to use it a lot on the road as a Finale box.
Questions (after all that - sorry!):
If I am to use something OTHER THAN WINDOWS as my OS (the most likely scenario for thus netbook) which SSD would be the best choice for me? Does this even matter? I do not know if Mint has TRIM support, but Lion does for certain. Will that affect my choices?
With the plethora of Linux distros out today, which one seems to work best with this hardware setup? Joli OS (formerly JoliCloud) supports GMA 500 BEAUTIFULLY but is not a full OS. In my experience you have to have a connection even to get to the desktop. It is not cloud-based as they claim, but cloud-centric. If you are offline it is useless, or so my experiences have been. I HOPE this is incorrect as I really like the Joli OS quite a lot. Mint is do-able with tweaks for the GMA 500. Eveything else *just works* as it should. I like it. Any reason to change?
TRIM support is really needed isn't it? I do not fully understand it, but am stoked that the Mac OS now comes with it. Now I can try SSDs in my new iMac 27" i5 (it has the capability but is probably not fun to install. I will have to see about this.
Thanks for reading this rambling post. I have a lot of great ideas for this netbook, but because of the GMA 500 chip it seems like a lot of interest has waned. Shame about the RAM, too. What an idiotic idea. Oh, and the PATA/SATA bridge. Oh, dear. Maybe I need to sell this thing after all... ;-)
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Windows 8.1 recovery problem and install dell backup and recovery software...

i had upgrade my windows to 8.1, the problem is that i cant install Dell backup & recovery, when i installing and updating PE I get FACTORY SETUP ERROR 5
is there any technical help me please...thx
however...its cant recovery or reset my laptop back to factory image...
just like this photo...
recovery cant... refresh also cant...

Same problem here: windows 8.1, dell backup and recovery 1.6.2.4. During the installation, when the box of "updating PE environment" appears, i get "factory error 5"
Is there any solution?
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Windows 7 won't load after installing new Hard Drive and Recovery software

HP G72 Notebook PC
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I guess a virus crashed my hard drive so I bought a new one. I installed the new drive and loaded the recovery disks that I also bought from HP. Apparently Windows didn't load properly and it keeps telling me to RELOAD WINDOWS. I've tried starting over from Disk 1 but it's not doing anything different to fix it.
I removed the new hard drive and reinstalled it but it's still doing the same thing.
What am I doing wrong and HOW DO I FIX IT?

Hi,
Before trying the following, make sure you can still read the 25 Character Product Activation key on your Windows COA label ( 5 blocks of 5 alpha/numeric sets ).
Assuming that this is just a problem with the Recovery process, there is a straight forward work around if you have ( or can borrow ) a retail Windows 7 installation disc that is exactly the same version as your OEM installation - ie if your notebook came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit this is the exact retail version you would need.
If you don't have access to a retail disc, you can create an installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. These Images are clean and from a well-respected source, however there are only limited versions available.
Windows-7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the COA Label when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
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SSD, TRIM, and Yosemite

I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro that is showing its age. I decided a few weeks ago to perform an upgrade; to up the RAM from 4 to 8, and install an SSD, especially since the rave reviews I have read and the price drop over the last year or so. This has led me to read many many reports about possible issues with 3rd party SSD and how Apple has decided to update Yosemite that will not allow TRIM function. I'm curious is there anyone out there that can provide some real insight and knowledge. I know that there is a hack to disable the settings so you can still use TRIM, but I also read that for some of the new SSD you really don't need it. I don't know if that is true. And researching website after blog after message board, to hear both sides and I'm really up in the air. I can't afford a new laptop, but also can't afford to dump a couple hundred bucks into my current unit only to have it slow down over a short period of time, putting me back to square one. Not to derail the thread before it gets going but also wanted to see what everyone's opiniin is for brand of SSD. I'm leaning toward Samsung 850 evo but also like the comparable version of Crucial. My unit only supports SATA II, so maybe there is a better bang for my buck since that limitation.

Here is an article from the OWC blog on TRIM:
http://blog.macsales.com/21641-with-an-owc-ssd-theres-no-need-for-trim
I found this question and answer at the bottom of the article about the speed issue. In the answer, it's noted that the limitation exists on all 6G drives on his computer. Does that mean all 6g drives or just their Mercury 6g drives? I don't know the answer to that, but from what it implies, it means any 6g drives.
Marko.P @ 4:42 am on December 26, 2014
As I finally installed OS X Yosemite on OWC SSD and I tested it for speed…
But what should be the speed (read/write) on my new SSD, because I tested it yesterday (with Blackmagic Disk Speed Test) and it shows only write: 110MB read: 135MB is it possible???
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OWC Ben M @ 10:47 am on December 29, 2014
Those speeds are normal for a 6G SSD in your iMac. As mentioned in the compatibility section of the 240GB Mercury Electra 6G SSD, A 6G SSD will only run at SATA 1.0 (1.5G aka 150MB/s) on certain Macs. This is due to the Nvidia SATA controller found in these computers not being able to properly down clock a SATA 3.0 6G SSD to the expected SATA 2.0 3G your computer is capable of. This limitation exists on all 6G drives on your computer.
As I said, check your model identifier and check to see if it is affected. Not all models are affected by this. If your computer is one of the affected models, then you will have to decide on taking a chance on other 6g SSD brands. They may be fine, but I just don't know.
Please remember that I'm not trying to put down other brands or steer you to an OWC. It's what I have and I can't comment on other brands because I've not tried any.

Ideas to improve the Rescue and Recovery System

Hi,
some weeks ago I ned to restore my system, while this process there was some difficulties with the Rescue and Recovery. But First my configuration:
I'm using a T61p with Windows Vista Ultimate installed.
On the System there are 5 Partitions
1. Rescue and Recovery
2. Windows Bootstrap
3. BitLocker Encrypted Windows Partition
4. Linux /boot
5. Encrypted Linux LVM
So, one morning I tried to start my ThinkPad and nothing worked anymore. After a Short time I found out that the boot sector of the windows bootstrap partition was corrupted. The Linux Partition worked fine and was startable with a GRUB CD-Rom.
Ich checked out the Rescue and Recovery system and was sad that I isn't possible to recover the boot sector of the bootstrap partition. The only way to rescue my system was to reinstall windows at all!
Thats a bad solution, because you can recover the boot sector with every OEM-DVD of Windows Vista, but this DVD is not available for a ThinkPad user.
So I backuped my files and reinstalled the system. While the reinstallation process rescue and recovery gives the option to install windows on C:. But on such a multiboot configuration it is not very clear what drive C: is. After some experiment I think he is taking the first parition after Rescue and Recovery or the first free space after it. At this place it would be much better if I can choose a parition for the installation.
So, if a Lenovo engineer is reading this, please think about to:
- Include some tools like boot sector recovering in the Rescue and Recovery system
- Adding a mode where you can choose the parition to install Windows.
Over and above that I'm really happy with my ThinkPad.
Thanks for reading.

Greetings,
This isn't so much a reply to Cobelius, or a solution, but a commiseration of sorts. Or at least an "I hear ya, buddy, I wish they'd improve some things about Rescue and Recovery, too."
I notice that no one else has replied to this thread. I hope at least that someone will read these posts, and pass 'em on to the appropriate developers.
Here's my story:
I am, overall, extremely happy with my brand, spanking new T500. So far, I'm only running a single OS, Vista Business 64.
However, I did make the following 'tweaks' to my setup, which brings out the flaws in the Rescue and Recovery software:
1) I used Truecrypt 6.1a to encrypt my system partition (leaving the original rescue partition intact)
(Side Note: Where my original drive C came with tons of empty space, I used DISKPART to shrink it a bit an created another primary partition as drive D. Hey, why the heck not? Originally, I wanted TrueCrypt to encrypt the entire drive, but this failed. Truecrypt said this was due to a hardware failure, but 20 hours of my life wasted scanning the drive with HDD Regenerator 1.51 revealed no bad sectors. So now Drive D is encrypted as an ordinary TrueCrypt container and mounted upon login. I'm okay with this solution, but if anyone wants to research why TrueCrypt couldn't do the whole disk, you have my thanks in advance.)
2) I bought a Maxtor BlackArmor(tm) hardware-encrypted USB external drive to use for my backups. I successfully used the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery tool to both create specific file backups as well as to image my entire drive C onto the BlackArmor device, once I mounted it (by running a built-in executable and supplying it with my secret password)
3) I set a Lenovo BIOS password for unlocking the boot hard drive.
So far, so good. I type the BIOS drive password, then theTrueCrypt password, and Vista takes over 12 minutes to become usable and, well, that's a Microsoft issue, isn't it?
But, here's the deal: WHAT IF I CAN'T BOOT FROM THE HARD DRIVE ANYMORE? Well, TrueCrypt made me create a bootable rescue CD which can restore my encrypted boot sector or permanently decrypt my hard drive. What it can also do is let me press the ESC key to boot without providing a password, which does a supposedly wonderful thing -- since it fails to boot my drive C, it takes me straight into the Lenovo Rescue And Recovery session.
The problem is, the Lenovo boot (version 4) takes me AUTOMATICALLY into a self-repair utility which wastes another 10 minutes of my time to finally tell me --d'uh-- that my boot sector is 'corrupted' (it isn't; it's merely ENCRYPTED by TrueCrypt. As it should be).
FLAW NUMBER 1: Rescue and Recovery should provide a default menu where automatic diagnosis is a CHOICE the user can elect not to make, or abort if it has begun.
FLAW NUMBER 2: You guys should enhance what appears to be a Vista PE environment (or BartPE, or whatever) with a few utilities, including an Explorer-like browser to examine the disk (which would snow nothing in my case, as my drives are encrypted), and a command prompt, and the ability to launch executables. The environment should also recognize USB drives.
As it happens, I used a third-party Vista PE rescue CD, Active@ Partition Recovery, to boot an environment having the utilities I needed. Using this tool, I was able to recognize a USB key that had TrueCrypt installed in 'traveller' mode (no windows registry keys needed). Running this app and providing my truecrypt password enabled me to unlock my Drive C, albeit by mounting it as another drive letter. This made it possible to read and write to my disk.
The encrypted Maxtor drive is visible, too, from this boot environment, but it appears as a CD-ROM drive, and yields no secrets until you run an executable file on it and enter the drive's password. And that worked, too. So I could find files to copy over to my hard drive, if I needed to.
However, in order to RESTORE files to my drive, I'd still need to be able to run Rescue and Recovery, or at least the Recovery portion. Which brings me to:
FUNDAMENTAL FLAW NUMBER 3: You need to create a Recovery tool that can run from within an external USB drive, without requiring shared .DLLs in various subfolders or windows registry entries. Lord knows, I certainly tried to copy RestoreNow.exe from C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery onto my Maxtor drive, along with whatever DLLs it called for, but it was hopeless. The damned thing just wouldn't run from the USB drive on the PE environment.
The way I see it, then, is that there really is no way to restore my hard drive should I suffer a catastrophic failure. Major bummer.
FUNDAMENTAL FLAW NUMBER 4: When I got my laptop, I created a series of recovery disks using the Lenovo supplied software. Booting with the first CD, however, only proved depressing, as I had to agree that the ONLY purpose for this CD was to recover my PC to factory-shipped condition. Which meant erasing my drive and restoring it with the contents of the other DVDs. But I want to restore what I backed up with Rescue and Recovery! My life SINCE the laptop shipped from the factory! Geez, Louise, why not let me choose to do THAT, too?
(Of course, the boot CD would need to allow me to execute the Maxtor program that unlocks my encrypted USB drive, and also let me execute TrueCrypt to unlock my hard drive.)
I sure hope someone forwards this to a developer who'll take it seriously, after s/he stops chuckling. You guys should just ship a usable Vista PE rescue CD with every laptop, I think. And a recovery-only tool that doesn't need DLLs or Registry Entries to run. It would help in so many ways.
In the meantime, I guess I'd better do all I can to ensure my laptop's hard drive doesn't die on me.
Again, other than for this teeny problem that "don't amount to a hill o' beans in this crazy world," I'm really happy with my T500.
Thanks for reading this, too. And happy holidays.

How to download Rescue and Recovery

I've a K330B with Win7, 64bit. Since the stock Rescue and Recovery does not allow to back-up the 25GB of the service partition, I tried using the Rescue and Recovery for an Ideapad instead. It messed things up for me. So I went back to the system restore point, prior to installing the version for the ideapad.
Now my Rescue and Recovery won't work. It crashes each time I try to run it. I need to re-install it. I can not find the Rescue and Recovery software for a K330B Desktop with Win7 Home Premium, 64bit, anywhere on the Lenovo support site.
Please help.

Hi, divasthapa
When you press Enter at the Lenovo screen, what are the options that appear on the menu? There should be one for BIOS, one to resume normal setup, etc. But there should also be something about recovering your system or something along those lines.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
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Dell Backup and Recovery - Factory Recovery fails, need advice.

Back story:
I have tried this three times on three separate laptops, with poor results. Windows 7 on two of them and 8.1 one one, on all three the recovery partition is corrupt.I first boot it off of a live disk and backup any desired files. Then I boot, press F8, choose "Repair your computer" and discover that "Dell Factory Image Restore" is not one of the available options... so I boot the pc off of a different live disk and remove a bunch of "viruses", then I boot it off of the internal harddrive.In Windows I find that "Dell Backup and Recovery" may or may not be on the pc. It may or may not have ever been run before. If it is absent I download it and install it. When I run DBaR it tells me it needs to update, don't power off or disconnect the machine from the internet, etc. I then wait HOURS for this part to complete. When done it...
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Rescue and Recovery error on Windows 7

Just upgraded my ThinkPad T61 6460-D6G to Win7 Ultimate and after installing the new Rescue and Recovery software I get the following error message every time I back up my system to a USB external hard drive. "Back up did not completed succesfully"
However later on when I click on the "View all backups" button I see them all saved on the hard drive.
Any suggestions on how to eliminate this error message?
Thanks in advance.

I don't think there are discs available, however you can download and install the latest R&R software from here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK

Can't restore my system on new computer using rescue and recovery

Hi there,
Yesterday I got my Thinkpad Edge stolen from my apartment. I had been keeping backups of my system on external USB HDD using lenovo's rescue and recovery tool. Today I got a new Thinkpad edge and been runing the rescue and recovery tool but I am unable to see my backups. What can I do? How do I recover my info? Please HELP!
Jorge
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How awesome that you took the time to answer and that you knew the answer. THANK YOU! I called lenovo support and they told me that if I didn't see the backups they were gone for good...that I had probably not saved them properly in the first place. I went to 2 computer technicians who were charging me as much as $400 and weren't sure they could fix the problem. The key thing in your answer, was "click on the checkbox that lets you see all your backups"...I had missed that before.
So now I'm finished running a full system restore. However, now when I power up my machine it tells me that the operating system is missing. Is there anyway to fix that? My previous machine was a thinkpad edge 14, this one is a thinkpad edge e420...is that why is not recognizing the operating system? In the meantime, I'm again running the rescue and recovery software from a CD to copy the files in the restored local hard drive to an external location...hope that made sense.

How to recover trash emptied docx file using terminal!! please help, many recovery software doesnt work!

i accidentally deleted a .docx file today and emptied it in the trash!! i tried to use softwares like iskysoft,stellar,wondershare, but none can find the required file! I also tried to use terminal to recover my file by typing --> Tserings-MacBook-Pro:~ tseringdorjee$ mv .Trash/OS copy . but ended with
mv: rename .Trash/OS to ./OS: No such file or directory
mv: rename copy to ./copy: No such file or directory
where OS copy is the name of my .docx file! i also tried to put .docx after the file name, but it doesn't work too!
so, please help!!!

If you placed the file in the trash and emptied the trash and recovery software is unable to get the file back, I'm afraid it is gone.
You will have to resotre from backups if you any, or else try sending the drive to a commercial data recovery outfit. But it will be very expensive and the likely hood of a better outcome is not high.
regards

HP Recovery software

Hello,
I have Probook 650 G1 with Windows 7 pro 64bit. Before that, I had HP NX6325 with Windows XP. The HP "Backup and Recovery" software that was installed in NX6325 allow to save all the data and documents before formatting the HD.
I have tried to format the Probook 650 G1 but it is impossible to save the data before formatting.
If the laptop crash... how can I save the data ?!?
The old "Backup and Recovery" allow also to backup documents or the system, now it's impossible. Should I utilize Windows backup or other softwares ?
Thanks,
marco
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Hi there
If your system don't work at all, there is no way you can back up from that,
Unless you take out the HDD and try it in another system by putting the HDD in an USB to SATA enclosure & thereby connecting the USB port to the other system & try your luck.
There are thousands of softwares for backing up , free AOMEI backupper, EaseUS todo backup, Acronis true image etc, search it in Google & try it out.
If system boots you can try HP system recovery from boot option, there will be backing up option while doing recovery (either from recovery partition or using recovery discs) -
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c01867418
Second qn. -
I don't know how come Win 8.1 recovery discs was sent to you if your system came with Win 7, must be a mistake from their part,
Even if there is intact uncorrupted recovery partition in your laptop now , they'll be completely deleted on installing new OS i.e., Win 8.1 to the system from DVD. So you cannot again have recovery partition or recovery manager back for you to install Win 7 back - you can alternatively use Win7 recovery discs that HP would send to you on ordering them.
Moreover, I don't think the Win 8.1 DVD you got will help much, as an Activation key is needed to activate them & usually the key is embedded in the BIOS chip of your system motherboard (Only if your system came with Win 8.1 pre installed in factory).
So better don't take risks, ask HP to get recovery discs to get replaced with proper Win 7 ones, it'll restore all the partitions, OS to factory settings - the time when you got your laptop when you bought it.
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Help with Lenovo Rescue and Recovery 4.31

Hello,
I work for a company that uses Ghost images for deploying laptops. We have recently decided to try the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery software built in with the new T520s when doing our local backup before sending the laptop out to the user.
What we decided to try is building the base image, creating the backup locally on the computer using R&R, dumping the image to our server using Ghost and then imaging other laptops with that image.
Our reasoning for creating the local backup first, is that time is not that big of an issue when creating the initial image, and neither is imaging other laptops because we create spares that we have built and ready to go out. What we would then do is apply any updates since the laptop was imaged, and have R&R create an incremental backup again, which would only take a few minutes and the laptop would be ready to ship.
Upon using this method, we have found that you cannot view the original first backup created in R&R on a laptop that it was not created with. The backup content is there, as the drive space is used and booting into a DOS prompt and browsing the C:\RRbackups\SZ\<UID>\ folder shows the data.
What I'm looking to know is how the R&R software generates that UID, and if anything can be done to allow the other laptops to recognize, whether it's rename the folder with a UID that the new laptop is going to use, or if it's something within the software files that's changable. Or even the registry.
Any ideas or suggestions would be great.
Thanks!

kylejg, welcome to the forum,
R&R is a little system specific. How many systems are you expecting to deploy using the method you describe?
It might be worth taking a look at the "Big Brother" of R&R namely Image Ultra Builder as it should be able to, with ease, realise exactly that which you are aiming for.
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Rescue and Recovery - how can I move backups to another location

I would like to move ma backups from an external drive to other drive. I don't want to make a new full backup but I want to have access to all the previous backups but I just want to use some other external drive. I can't find an option in the Rescue and Recovery Software. Can I just copy the files to the new drive? I am afraid that there would be an error when I try to recover from the backup if I just copy them. Anyone ever tried to copy the backups and then recover from it?

I believe you should not have a problem. The \RRbackups is a "flat" file, geometry not a factor. If the backup external went from basic, to EFI, that might present problems.
What RNR version are you running? Version 5.1 stores more device info/attributes on 2nd HDD, and multiple partitions on the C drive.
Changes in this release:
[New functions or enhancements]
- Added an Active Directory Manager (ADM) setting to set the Create Rescue Media (CRM) function to external media.
- Added support for the unattended backup when you log off the system.
- Added support for the compatibility with the backup on any other computer that is in the same model with your computer if both computers are installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
- It enables you to designate the hard disk drive where the Rescue and Recovery program stores the backup and designate the hard disk drive that you attempt to restore.Added support on the computer that is installed with more than one hard disk drive.
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I dont think this is a issue with you. It seems the comments support multiple HDD like 3 on a system, choose HDD 1, 2 or 3. RNR 5.1 does add more registry entries to registry for all HDD's avaliable. And maybe C drive, partition 1. D drive partition 2, on the same physical. I want to backup C to partition 2. I can't confirm this.
Added support on the computer that is installed with more than one hard disk drive. <release notes. Boring, it has support 2nd hdd for years.
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(1) What size is your \RRbackups to external old? 5 backups, 32?
(2) copy external old to new. The registry entries SHOULD not know any difference. You got 5 backups on external.
(3) Try a single file restore.
(4) Take a incremental backup to new external.
(5) 10 minutes later, try a FULL restore from item 4.
You might be the 1st user to ever do this, and it should work. I would take 1 last final backup to old external to be on the safe side of things.

T61 Lenovo Rescue and Recovery BSOD

Hi,
I've got a problem booting into the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery partition.
System is a T61 (64665DG) with Rescue and Recovery 4.21.1016.00
I receive the following BSOD message:
A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage.
If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
Technical information:
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D6528,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
It seems to be a problem with the AHCI controller not being supported. When I switch the SATA Controller Mode from AHCI to Compatibility in the BIOS it then successfully boots into the Rescue and Recovery environment.
Why is it missing the correct AHCI driver? It used to work fine with the older version of Rescue and Recovery in AHCI mode. Is there a fix available for the Rescue and Recovery software to allow you to run it without having to put the SATA controller in AHCI mode?
-Indie
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Thanks both for your replies. The inability for it to boot the Rescue and Recovery partition in AHCI mode persuaded me to examine the contents of the partition for anything obvious amiss. Using Linux I was able to mount the FAT partition and have a nose around. In the /minint/system32 directory it's got a number of sub-directories for the Intel Iastor driver - that used to access the HD in AHCI mode. I couldn't find any reference to that in txtsetup.sif and the winpeoem.sif file was empty. After some Googling I found out that you can easily load additional mass storage drivers using winpeoem.sif.
IBM have a program called rrutil.exe that allows you to access the RnR partition from within Windows, it's part of the Rescue and Recovery Administrator Tools.
To modify winpeoem.sif first install the RnR admin tools and open a command prompt window in the install location - C:\SWTOOLS\TOOLS\Z652_Admin016. Make sure the C:\Temp directory exists and is EMPTY - this is very important. You then need to create a "getlist.txt" file:
echo \minint\system32\winpeoem.sif > getlist.txt
retrieve the file from the RnR partition
rrutil.exe -g getlist.txt C:\Temp
type
notepad C:\Temp\minint\system32\winpeoem.sif
and paste in
[Version]
signature="$Windows NT$"
[OemDriverParams]
OemDriverRoot=""
OemDriverDirs=IASTOR
upload the changes with (this will write everything from Temp to the RnR partition!)
rrutil.exe -p C:\Temp
Or you could just modify /minint/system32/winpeoem.sif directly in Linux without messing about with the rrutil.exe.
With this small modification to winpeoem.sif I was able to successfully boot into the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery partition with AHCI mode enabled. I haven't tried reinstalling windows xp with this fix.
-Indie

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