May 25th, 2007 
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Have you ever been confronted by bizarre error messages on your computer? You may get strange recurring errors when performing routine programs. Or, usually a dead giveaway, is when you get copy messages when loading Windows for the first time. It will ask you if you want to skip the file. Try the setup CD in another machine and, if it works, your memory probably has an issue. But how do you tell? Well, you can this little program in a number of ways.
The first thing you are going to want to do is head on over to MemTest86 and grab their download. Now, there’s a couple of ways you can go here. You can download the Windows installation file and go off running. You can also grab the iso file and make a bootable CD from that iso file. You will need a program to burn iso files. Simple download the iso, burn it to a CD, and restart with the CD in the drive. Or, you can download Ubuntu, make a live CD, start the computer with the CD in the drive, and select “Memory Test” from the menu. Ubuntu comes with MemTest86 installed. Test away.
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my computer memory was fried a few years ago and this was very useful in figuring out what was going on. Everything would appear normal and all of a sudden kboom. The ubuntu option is really nice
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