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Bootable Linux USB for recovery

1. Download files from
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.8.8.exe
http://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu/11.10/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso

2. Plug in your USB drive with >700MB free space

3. Double click "Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.8.8.exe"

4. Click in "I Agree"

5. Select "Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop" in Step 1

6. Select the downloaded ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso in Step 2

7. Select the drive letter of your USB drive in Step 3
   Do NOT select "Format ?:\ Drive"

8. Set size to 0 in Step 4

9. Click "Create" to proceed

10. Check the alertbox shows 3 actions (instead of 5 actions) and then click "YES"

11. Wait for completion

12. You have your USB drive bootable.

13. Reboot with the USB drive plugged-in.
    press F12 or F9 at startup to get a menu and select your USB drive as bootup device.
    ref: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113-3.html
    Then wait for the startup process (or Select "Run Ubuntu from USB" yourself).

14. You should get a desktop, click on the 3rd icon on the left and you can get a file manager.
    Plug your portable harddisk and copy your files to it

15. For harddisk checking, click on the 1rd icon on the left desktop,
    type the "Disk Utility" and click the icon with "Disk Utility".
    In popup window, select the harddisk you have and check SMART Data.
    There will be fields called "Bad sector" (which show number of dead region in harddisk)
    and "Overall Assessment"

16. For memory checking, select "Test memory" instead of "Run Ubuntu from USB" at startup time.
    Then a blue screen shows and the memoey are being tested. It takes about half an hour.

17. For remote desktop access, click on the 1rd icon on the left desktop,
    type the "Desktop sharing" and click the icon with "Desktop sharing".
    In popup window, click on "Allow other users to view your desktop", "Allow other users to control your desktop" and "Auto config UPnP router...."
    Then use Firefox and go to http://checkip.dyndns.org. Tell the address.
    Then there will be a yellow-backgrounded text say you can access the desktop with an address, please tell the address. Also tell the reach-ability.