Lenovo Linux Diagnostics - Bootable Generator for Windows is a tool that can be used to create Linux Diagnostics on a Bootable USB for use on a Microsoft Windows OS-based computer. This tool can be booted by itself and tests the memory and hard drives in Lenovo ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation systems. Once created, it can be used on your Lenovo computer regardless of what OS your system has.

Note:

• You will need the following files to complete this task:
  • The bootable-generator-10.exe file
  • The .iso file (for example, linux-bootable-cd-15.iso).

• ThinkCentre
  • Edge 71, Edge 71z, Edge 91, Edge91z, Edge 92
  • M60e, M71e, M71z, M75e, M76, M77, M81, M82, M90z, M91, M91p, M92z, M92
• ThinkStation
  • C20, C20x, C30
  • D20, D30
  • E30, E31
  • S20, S30
• ThinkPad
  • Edge E120, E125, E130, E220s, E320, E325, E330, E420, E420s, E425, E430, E435, E520, E525, E530, E535, S220, S420, S430
  • L420, L430, L520, L530
  • T420, T420s, T430, T430s, T520, T530
  • W520, W530
  • X1, X121e, X130e, X131e, X220, X220 Tablet, X230, X230 Tablet
• Lenovo Essential
  • B480, B580
  • V480, V480s
  • K29, K49, E49
• IdeaPad
  • G480, G485, G580, G585, G780

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP

1. Click the file links to download the files from the Web page.
2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded files.

Note:
All data will be lost on the USB Key that you use to create the Lenovo Linux Diagnostics.

To create Bootable USB on windows,download the bootable diagnostics image from the Lenovo website.
The instructions for downloading the image is found on the same webpage as this readme file.

1. Copy the bootable-generator-10.exe file and the image file (for example, linux-bootable-cd-14.iso) into one folder
2. Plug the USB Key into your computer
3. Log in to Windows and launch command window with Administrator privilege
4. Navigate to the folder where the you copied the two files run this command:
   bootable-generator-10.exe --create -l <Drive Title> -u <Drive Letter> -f <Image name>
   Where
   
   • <-1> is the new name of the USB key (limit of 11 characters)
   • <-u> is the drive letter assigned to the USB key
   • <-f> is the name of the image
   For example
   If the USB key you has been assigned as Drive "I" by Windows, and the image you downloaded is "linux-bootable-cd-14.iso", and you name the USB key "bootablelinux", the command would read as follows:
   bootable-generator-10.exe --create -l bootablelinux -u i -f linux-bootable-cd-15.iso
5. At the prompt, type "y" and press the "Enter" key to format the USB Key and start to create the bootable diagnostics tool

Other Switches
There are two other switches accepted by this tool

• --help Displays the help message for the tool
• --List Lists all of the USB keys plugged in to the system

• SATA Controller Mode needs to be set to AHCI in system BIOS if the system doesn't use UEFI BIOS for storage device related diagnostics functions

Other Switches
There are two other switches accepted by this tool

• --help Displays the help message for the tool
• --List Lists all of the USB keys plugged in to the system

• For any open source code used in genearting this application, you can download it at
  http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=HT073284