• Rescue and Recovery 4.50 is designed for the Windows 7 operating system. The previous versions of the Rescue and Recovery program for Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista® cannot be installed on Windows 7 operating system. Therefore, the Windows Installer does not support the over install behavior from previous versions of the Rescue and Recovery program.
• For Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista® users:
  Click here and download Rescue and Recovery 4.23
• If you want to retain the ability to restore from backups created with a previous version of Rescue and Recovery, you must create a copy of your backup files on bootable, external recovery media before installing the latest version.
  
  1. To archive your backups, complete the following procedure:
     
     • From the Rescue and Recovery main screen, click Backup, and then select Copy backups from hard drive from the drop-down list.
     • Select the medium you want to save your backup files to by clicking the appropriate radio button. The backup files that will be copied are listed on the user interface.
     • Click OK to continue
  2. You will need blank removable media when copying backups from the hard drive to CD or DVD. Make sure that you label each disc as it is created, and that you store them together in a safe place.
     Note: You will be prompted to make the external media bootable at the beginning of the process.
• Before installing Rescue and Recovery on computers running the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 7, you must download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x64) SP1.
• The Sysprepbackup operation changes in the Windows 7 operating system because a new version of Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) is built in the Windows 7 operating system. When you run the System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) and use the /generalize option, the Sysprep operation disables Windows RE by removing the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) entry to the Rescue and Recovery Pre Desktop Area (PDA). To make the Rescue and Recovery program work with Sysprepbackup in the Windows 7 operating system, you must download and install the Sysprepbackup accessory package.

	Rescue and Recovery 4.50 files by language
	Rescue and Recovery 4.51 Readme (32.3 KB)
	Rescue and Recovery 4.51 full install file including all supported languages (594MB)
	Individual language files for Large Enterprise

• Rescue and Recovery 4.50 is not compatible with McAfee Endpoint Encryption.
• It is recommended to make a new backup after installing the Rescue and Recovery program 4.50 to your Windows 7 operating system. You can make the backup by using either a script or the user interface
• Please refer to the "Rescue and Recovery Readme" file links above for installation instructions and additional considerations.

Where:

• [Important] Important update
• (New) New function or enhancement
• (Fix) Correction to existing function

• [Important] Updated the Opera Web browser to version 11.51.
• (New) Added an Active Directory Manager (ADM) setting to set the Create Rescue Media (CRM) function to external media.
• (New) Added support for the unattended backup when you log off the system.
• (New) 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.
• (New) Added support on the computer that is installed with more than one hard disk drive.
  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.
• (Fix) Fixed the issue that an error message is displayed, prompting you that the Predesktop Area (PDA) was
  not installed correctly during the unattended installation of the Rescue and Recovery program.
• (Fix) Fixed the issue that the Rescue and Recovery program failed to perform the backup due to the insufficient hard disk drive space in Q drive.

• All ThinkCenter
• All ThinkStation
• ThinkPad Edge 11, Edge 13, Edge 14, Edge 15, Edge E10, Edge E31
• ThinkPad Edge E130, Edge E135, Edge E145
• ThinkPad Edge E220s
• ThinkPad Edge E320, Edge E325, Edge E330, Edge E335
• ThinkPad Edge E420, Edge E420s, Edge E425, Edge E430, Edge E430c, Edge E431, Edge E435, Edge E445
• ThinkPad Edge E520, Edge E525, Edge E530, Edge E530c, Edge E531, Edge E535, Edge E545
• ThinkPad Edge L330, Edge S220
• ThinkPad L412, L420, L421, L430, L435
• ThinkPad L512, L520, L530, L535
• ThinkPad S420, S430
• ThinkPad Twist S230u
• ThinkPad T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, T430, T430i,
  T430s, T430si, T430u, T431s
• ThinkPad T510, T510i, T520, T520i, T530, T530i
• ThinkPad W510, W520, W530
• ThinkPad W701, W701ds
• ThinkPad X1, X1 Carbon, X1 Hybrid
• ThinkPad X201, X201i, X201i Tablet, X201s, X201si, X220, X220i, X220i Tablet,
  X230, X230i, X230i Tablet, X230s

Notes:

• The Rescue and Recovery 4.51 program might also work properly on other computer models that meet the system requirements below.
  However, no testing for the Rescue and Recovery 4.51 program has been done and no support is provided for using the program
  on any computer model other than the computer models listed above.

• Latest version of the BIOS
• 1.5 GB of free hard disk drive space (required for installation)
• 512 MB of memory (recommended)
• 8 MB of VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) shared memory set in the BIOS
• Microsoft Windows 7 operating system or its later versions

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