Torture Cd

[HipHoper]

I am working on some Cd that can help me test system stability for the past recent months, And came to a combination that is working great for me.
I burned an Hiren 9.2 Iso (That have loads of utilities and DOS testing tools), And added to this image a 500MB movie, Latest Prime95, An Mp3 song, And Project64 emulator with Paper mario game.
If I want to test memory, I run the Hiren Dos boot and select the proper testing tool via the menu.
If I want to test system stability as a whole, I run the movie in a loop,While running Prime95 torture test (Which "boils" the cpu) in the background, Adding playing of mp3 file in a loop, And on top of all this running the emulator with the game.
If the system passes the night (7-8) hours of testing, I consider it the most stable system in the world.
Hope this might be helpful :O)
P.S. You can also run Everest in the background, So you'll have info on specific hardware temp. (Mb,Cpu,Hd) While the test is running

[Niclo Iste]

Hey you beat me to the punch I was going to post sooner or later about that. It's a good disk has a handfull of tools I used to test with back in 2000 and they are reliable. Some are more useful than others of course. Though I suggest getting version 9.3 they fixed a few issues on the disk. By the way this disk isn't necessarily for new or novice computer users as the tools can be just as efficiently at wiping out your hard drive as they are at fixing it.

[HipHoper]

Hey Niclo.

Yes..Powerful tools might be devastating if they reach the wrong hands.It's good to know that 9.3 is out. I don't use so much the programs on the Hiren's cd, I use it primarly for disk cloning on old systems from time to time,And for memory testing, But it is always nice to have this compact and well built arsenal like this at your disposal.