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Originally Posted by nota
than came with a bunch of blootware and junk
and
I never found the hiren bit or could use it
any other ideas ???
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There is no "Hiren bit".
Hiren is the guy who compiled the collection of utilities.
It's widely regarded as the best system utility resource out there.
Most Popular System Rescue Disc: Hiren's BootCD
You can keep asking but unless you want to pony up for a commercial product this is what is out there to use for the purpose you requested.
If you don't understand how it works call the Geek Squad.
What should be included in terms of hardware testing utilities.
Bart's Stuff Test 5.1.4
Long term heavy stress testing storage devices.
CPU/Video/Disk Performance Test 5.7
A tool to test cpu, video, and disk.
Disk Speed 1.0
Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool.
GoldMemory 5.07
Memory Diagnostic Tests.
H2testw 1.4
Check your USB Flash memory cards, internal/external hard drives and network drives for errors with this tool.
HDD Scan 2.8
HDDScan is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc.
IsMyLcdOK (Monitor Test) 1.02
Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens.
Memtest86+ 4.20
PC Memory Test.
MemTest 1.0
A Memory Testing Tool.
Prime95 25.11
This will detect for errors in CPU or RAM within a matter of minutes if an overclock is not stable, you can run Torture Test (burn-in) overnight to ensure long-term stability of the hardware.
S&M Stress Test 1.9.1
CPU/HDD/Memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages.
System Speed Test 4.78
It tests CPU, harddrive, ect.
Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0
A tool to test Hard Disk Drive.
Video Memory Stress Test 1.7.116
A tool to thoroughly test your video RAM for errors and faults.
Video Memory Stress Test CE 1.21
Tests all video RAM accessible by 32-bit CPU address space from a clean environment.
Windows Memory Diagnostic
A RAM Test tool.