Chapter1.Overview
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramrepresentsauniquecombinationofThinkVantageTechnologies.This
integratedapplicationprovidesasuiteofpowerfultoolsthatcanbeusedeveniftheMicrosoftWindows
operatingsystemwillnotstart.
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaprovidesanenvironmenttostartyourcomputerwhenyou
failtologintotheWindowsoperatingsystem.
•TheRescueandRecoveryWindowsenvironmentenablesyoutobackuptheoperatingsystemandles
andrestoretheoperatingsystemandlesinfamiliarinterfaces.
•TheRescueandRecoveryprogramenablesyoutostorebackuplesonexternalUSBstoragedevices,
suchasUSBashdrivesandUSBharddiskdrives.
•TheRescueandRecoveryprogramenablesyoutostorethebackupdataofmultiplecomputersonone
storagedevice.
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramincludestheoptiontoswitchtoasimplieduserinterfacewithafew
basicoperations,orstaywiththeadvanceduserinterfacewithextendedoptions.Formoreinformationon
interfaceswitching,see“RescueandRecoveryinterfaceswitching”onpage25
.
Note:SomefeaturesofRescueandRecoveryrunundertheWindowsoperatingsystem.Insomeinstances,
thesysteminformationusedintheRescueandRecoveryenvironmentisgatheredwhileWindowsis
running.IftheWindowsoperatingsystemdoesnotfunctioncorrectly,thiswillnotpreventtheRescueand
Recoveryenvironmentfromoperatingnormally.WindowsfunctionsarenotconguredintheRescueand
Recoveryenvironment.
TheRescueandRecovery4.5programsupportsbothlegacyandUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface
(UEFI)bootmodes,whichmeansitsupportsbothMasterBootRecord(MBR)systemsandGUIDPartition
Table(GPT)systems.YoucanselectthedesiredbootmodeintheBasicInput/OutputSystem(BIOS).
PredesktopArea
TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreaprovidesanemergencyworkspaceforuserswhoareunable
tostartWindowsontheircomputers.RunningunderWindowsPE(PreinstallationEnvironment),the
environmentofferstheWindowslook,feel,andfunctionandhelpsuserssolveproblemswithoutconsuming
ITstafftime.StartingfromtheRescueandRecovery4.5program,WindowsPEthatisusedbyalloperating
systemshasbeenupgradedtothe64–bitversionandallprogramsunderWindowsPEare64–bitversions.
Therefore,themicroprocessoryouuseshouldsupportthe64–bitarchitecture.
TheRescueandRecoveryPredesktopAreahasfourmajorcategoriesoffunctions:
•RescueandRestore
–Recoveryoverview:Linksuserstohelptopicsaboutthevariousrecoveryoptionsthatareprovided.
–Rescueles:EnablesuserstocopylescreatedinWindowsapplicationstoremovablemediaortoa
networkandtocontinuetoworkevenwithadisabledworkstation.
–Restorefrombackup:EnablesuserstorestorelesthathavebeenbackedupwiththeRescue
andRecoveryprogram.
•Congure
–Congurationoverview:LinkstoRescueandRecoveryenvironmenthelptopicsaboutconguration.
–Recoverpasswordorpassphrase:Providesauseroranadministratorwiththeabilitytorecovera
passwordorpassphraseintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.
•Communicate
–Communicationoverview:LinkstorelatedhelptopicsintheRescueandRecoveryenvironment.
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