On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Rich Koziol wrote:
You can see I have not been shopping for a new PC in a long time.
As in my previous post, I got a Lenovo 3000 N100. It has WinXP Home
Ed on it.
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How can I do this with a laptop drive? How does one recover from a
HD failure? I would like to backup the HD as frash as possible.
Look to see if Lenovo Care suite is installed on the laptop. It
includes Rescue and Recovery. If not, Rescue and Recovery can
be downloaded from
<http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-65038>
Beware though that it is about 225 MB in size. The following is
from the User's Guide:
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The Rescue and Recovery program enables you to manage backups,
which can be stored on your hard disk drive, on a remote
network drive, or on removable media such as CDs, DVDs, or a
USB hard disk drive. You can use your backups to restore the
contents of your hard disk drive in the event of a complete
operating-system failure. If you store your backups on a remote
network drive or removable media, and you experience a hard
disk mechanical failure, you can restore the contents of your
hard disk to a previously stored state after you install a
replacement hard disk drive. In addition, you can schedule
backup operations to take place automatically on a specified
day and time, or you can manually initiate a backup operation
to take place any time you think it is necessary.
The Rescue and Recovery program is divided into two components.
One component resides outside of the Windows environment and is
called the Rescue and Recovery workspace. The other component
is available within the Windows environment and contains many
of the same functions as the workspace. However, the ability to
perform a backup operation is only available by using Rescue
and Recovery components in the Windows environment. The act of
performing a backup is key to being able to perform many rescue
and recovery operations within the workspace and Windows
environment.
Rescue and Recovery workspace: Because the workspace runs
independently of the Windows operating system, it is hidden and
immune from most types of virus attacks and provides a safe
place from which to perform rescue and recovery operations that
might not be possible in the Windows environment. The following
list includes some of the tasks you can accomplish using the
Rescue and Recovery workspace:
Rescue individual files or restore the entire contents of
your hard drive.
Help protect the workspace from unauthorized use by assigning
either a password or passphrase.
Use a wired Ethernet connection to communicate over a
network, access the Internet and Intranet sites, send and
receive e-mails using a Web-based e-mail account, map a network
drive, or download important files.
Troubleshoot a problem by viewing logs to see if a failure
coincided with a configuration change.
Configure your computer to start from an alternate device
such as backup CDs created by the Rescue and Recovery program,
Rescue and Recovery media, or product recovery discs.
Rescue and Recovery (Windows environment): Performing Rescue
and Recovery operations in the Windows environment is similar
to performing the same operations in the workspace. However,
there are a variety of settings and preferences that you can
customize as you begin to use the program to create regularly
scheduled backups. The following list includes some of the
tasks you can accomplish using the Rescue and Recovery
components within the Windows environment:
Backup files to a hidden, protected folder on the local
hard-disk drive
Schedule daily, weekly, or monthly backups
Restore files to a previously saved state
Optimize your backup storage space
Archive backups to external mediaBefore
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