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Omega Destroyer
08-17-05, 04:36 PM
Does anyone know how to put memtest on a flash stick, usb pen drive, usb key, or whatever it is you want to call it?
I tried using the rawrite program that it comes with but it won't write to a flash disk.
Any suggestions?

inkfx
08-17-05, 06:37 PM
Oh im curious too. Seeing as that I dont have a Floppy using my USB flash card would be nice.

Janus67
08-17-05, 09:26 PM
you could always put it on a cd...

Omega Destroyer
08-18-05, 12:37 PM
I'm trying to reduce load times, I think a flash disk would be faster because it wouldn't have to spin up.

JoT
08-18-05, 12:54 PM
I'm trying to reduce load times, I think a flash disk would be faster because it wouldn't have to spin up.
That's a very odd concern. Memtest spends 99% of its time torturing the memory for information, not loading. :D

"WHAT ARE ZE MAXIMUM CLOCKS?!"

Omega Destroyer
08-18-05, 01:51 PM
Yeah I know, but if it finds an error within 2 seconds of starting, and you have to go back, tweak a timing and load again, most of the time is spent loading. I often have to reboot every 5 seconds and tweak timings so I figured speeding up boot times would be nice.
Maximum clocks? I haven't figured that out yet, still playing around with timings.

Mustanley
08-18-05, 02:41 PM
USB Binary - http://www.memtest.org/download/1.60/memtest86+-1.60.exe.zip
Making the bootable flash device - http://forum.x86-secret.com/viewtopic.php?t=3238

Omega Destroyer
08-18-05, 03:31 PM
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.