Hi all. My Lenovo Twist (Ultrabook s230u) has ran into problems - and tries to run AutoRepair but gets hung up each time. Lenovo has instructions for creating a bootable USB to run UEFI diagnostics: Lenovo UEFI Diagnostics - Bootable USB (Create it on Windows OS) - Desktops / Notebooks / Workstations. But it doesn't work. Level 2 support (thru IBM) said they haven't found a way to run diagnostics from a USB on this model (Twist). He showed me how to disable secure boot in BIOS setup to allow both UEFI & Legacy Boot. But he also tried & failed to create a USB key from Lenovo's instructions: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/uefi-bootable-usb-204.txt. The command line given (UefiBootableGenerator.exe --create -l boot -u I -f "UEFI_Bootable_v02.00.04.zip") throws the error: "Invalid option to --create: -1". But these instructions were the same as given for a prior UEFI bootable version 1.05, which was posted in an earlier thread (www.eightforums.com/general-support/18039-how-access-boot-menu-bios-windows-8-a.html). So I thought someone here could shed some light on:
- How to create this USB key from Lenovo's download file
- Why the command line is not working
- How to run the diagnostics from a USB on this Lenovo Twist
This Lenovo model has diagnostics preloaded but, again, I've tried several times and it's not running. After starting AutoRepair, it says its running Diagnostics. Then a few times it's says checking or repairing hard drive, which says might take more than an hour. Then it either continues endlessly in waiting mode (and I found it that way after letting it try to run all night!), or else it gives message that there's a problem with your PC and we need to restart, and then it starts the process over...but never resolves.
The unit is still within 1 year warranty and Support is sending a box for me to send it in for repair. But I'll have to see if I can access any unsaved data on the drive before sending the unit in. And before I do all that, I wanted to see if I can do what Lenovo Support said they couldn't do - create that bootable USB to run the diagnostics tool!
Thank you!
- How to create this USB key from Lenovo's download file
- Why the command line is not working
- How to run the diagnostics from a USB on this Lenovo Twist
This Lenovo model has diagnostics preloaded but, again, I've tried several times and it's not running. After starting AutoRepair, it says its running Diagnostics. Then a few times it's says checking or repairing hard drive, which says might take more than an hour. Then it either continues endlessly in waiting mode (and I found it that way after letting it try to run all night!), or else it gives message that there's a problem with your PC and we need to restart, and then it starts the process over...but never resolves.
The unit is still within 1 year warranty and Support is sending a box for me to send it in for repair. But I'll have to see if I can access any unsaved data on the drive before sending the unit in. And before I do all that, I wanted to see if I can do what Lenovo Support said they couldn't do - create that bootable USB to run the diagnostics tool!
Thank you!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Twist s230u
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-3317U
- Memory
- 4 GB