Memtest from Windows?

RWBRWB Icrontian
edited March 2007 in Science & Tech
Is there a memory test program I can use from within windows as I don't have any CD-R's or anything for the memtest program.

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  • miragemirage
    edited March 2007
    RWB wrote:
    Is there a memory test program I can use from within windows as I don't have any CD-R's or anything for the memtest program.

    The problem with testing memory from within Windows is that Windows occupies a considerable portion of memory and do not allow the testing programs to access it. So you will not be able to test some portion of the memory. The best thing you can do inside Windows, IMHO, is to run Prime95 with the large memory option. It uses every bit of available memory and forces everything else to be shifted to the swap space as much as possible. It is a pretty reliable memory test if you are sure that your processor is stable.

    You can also run Memtest from a DOS bootable flash disk. There is a DOS executable available at Memtest86+ website.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    do you have an old floppy drive and disk kicking around?
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    Will your machine boot from USB device? That is another option for memtest.
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited March 2007
    You can try this one for Windows. Even though it's ideal not to test in Windows you certainly can:

    http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
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