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MemTest86+ version 5.01 Booting Failures/"Use of" Questions
TenForums is the best source I've seen for MemTest86+ guidance, so here are two questions regarding MemTest86+ version 5.01.
1. I downloaded a Memtest86+ V5.01 "Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)" and extracted and burned the small ISO file to a DVD-RW. At the time my PC would only boot from a Windows Recovery CD or USB device. When I replaced a Windows Recovery DVD with the Memtest86+ ISO DVD, the PC continuously failed to boot. Finally came this explanation:
ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed.
Should I have downloaded instead the "Pre-Compiled Bootable Binary (.zip)?" I should mention that during disk creation I forgot to check off the "burn" confirmation box. But I find it doubtful disk creation failed.
2. Before running MemTest86+ is it absolutely necessary to reset BIOS first boot order to CD or USB? Can't I simply use (in my case) F12 for "Setup" to initiate MemTest86+ from the CD or USB? I ask this because a) I see nothing in the MemTest86+ instructions suggesting it needs a reboot to finalize testing, and b) My recent highly troubled upgrade to Windows 10 Creators Update brought the above mentioned booting failure ordeal for which cause and correction remain undetermined[/URL]. By "correction" here, I mean a correction did in fact occur -- unexpectedly and unexplainedly. So although my PC now functions flawlessly under "Creators," I am leery about changing boot order at this time. Under the previous Windows 10 Version 1607 Anniversary Update the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool consistently reported a hardware problem. But under "Creators" the tool consistently shows no memory problems.
Last edited by WJB2; 01 Sep 2017 at 12:51.