memtest86

well actually yes....
tried booting directly from the memory stick with the exe in it.. nothing happen

booted under safe mode with command promt.. tried to run it and again nothing happened
it says... cant run this application under...secure mode.. something like that.. cant remember

thats y I posted...
 
yeah yeah... there is anF12 key shortcut... that brings up a boot menu... but no luck...

anyways.... worst case scenario i;ll hoop up a floppy...I am sure I have one somewhere lost inthe boxes :P

just wanted toavoid all the husle

anyways tnx
 
Have you actually made the USB stick bootable by placing the requisite system files on it or just copied the memtest86 executable to a blank stick?

If the latter then you need to make the USB stick bootable first. Easiest way to do that is to Google for a proggy called Windows Enabler which will let you use XP's option to format an MS-DOS boot floppy but targetting the USB stick. Works like a charm and you can then just toss the memtest86 exe on there as well and it should boot fine.

BTW, when booting from USB make sure you unplug all other devices. My dozy PC gets very confused when trying to boot from a USB stick when there are other USB devices connected aswell.
 
Vertigo... U are the man!!!

tnx bro

could format /s under Dos I guess, using Vista here, hope it works

Marclister sorry, thought u meant the memtest zip file aimed for cd use DOH!!
 
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