jt411 opened this issue on Jul 19, 2007 · 22 posts
svdl posted Thu, 19 July 2007 at 11:33 PM
You can enter BIOS setup during boot (before the OS starts loading), usually by pressing ESC or DEL.
In the BIOS you can turn of the Quick POST (Power On Self Test) option. Save your settings, the machine will reboot.
During the boot it will test your installed memory. This is completely OS independent. Usually, if there is a bad memory module onboard, this test will catch it.
Don't forget to turn on Quick POST again after testing - it mightily slows down the booting process!
As for fixing up a hard disk, the standard DOS utility FDISK is able to rewrite the master boot record. FDISK /mbr will do the job.
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