Author: Sean Gibbins Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Dead/Dying HDD
Mat Grove wrote: > On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:43:37 +0000
> "Alasdair Ross" <alasdair.ross@???> wrote:
>
>> OK, so after further googling, it appears that the "atapi.sys" error
>> with windows can be caused by faulty memory.
>> Will Memtest86 check for faulty memory?
>
> If you want to test you PC memory then Memtest86 is the thing to use.
Which may be available out of the box from your distro, or if not is
available with Knoppix, or can easily be made available via a boot disc
of some sort. You need to run it for 12+ hours ideally, although it
should be apparent reasonably early on if there are errors surfacing.
