Appendix B. Administrator tools
ThinkVantage technologies offers tools that can be implemented by corporate IT
administrators. These tools can be downloaded from the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/pc/support/site.wss/TVAN-ADMIN.html.
Antidote wizard
For information on the Antidote wizard, see “Antidote Delivery Manager
command guide” on page 78.
BMGR CLEAN
CleanMBR cleans the Master Boot Record. This program can be used when you
encounter a Rescue and Recovery installation failure, such as not being able to
install Rescue and Recovery with less than the required sectors free for the boot
manager to install.
Notes:
1. After running this tool, the applications that are using MBR will be useless. For
example: SafeGuard Easy, SafeBoot, and MBR version of Computrace.
2. Run before installing Rescue and Recovery.
3. Use the cleanmbr.exe for DOS and the cleanmbr32.exe for Windows.
4. After running DOS CleanMBR, run FDISK /MBR; it will put on the MBR.
The parameters for cleanmbr32.exe are:
Table 39.
Parameter (Required): Description
/A Clear MBR and install PC DOS MBR
Parameter (Optional):
/Dn Apply changes to drive. Use n=0 for the first
drive.
/Y Yes to all
/? Display Help
/H Display Help
CLEANDRV.EXE
The cleandrv.exe file cleans the drive of all files. There will be no operating system
after running this command. See “Deployment scenario 6” on page 102 for more
information.
CONVDATE
The CONVDATE utility is provided as part of the Rescue and Recovery
Administration tools. This utility is used to determine the HEX values of date and
time and to convert date and time values into HEX values, and can be used to set
a custom date and time in a backup field of the registry.
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