Paul wrote:
> Robert Blass wrote:
>> Fixed it.
>>
>>
>> I decided to re-do the ram. THIS TIME I ordered it from highest
>> density to lowest density from the lowest to the highest channel.
>>
>> It worked the 1st time I booted.
>>
>>
>> I however still cannot get MEMTEST86 to boot and run from a cd/dvd
>> drive.
>>
>
> A possible problem with the CD, is how you handle an ISO9660.
>
> The ISO9660 has to be burned with a special program. I used
> Nero to transfer the contents of the ISO9660 file, to a CD.
> (And, of course, Nero is a pig, and it took me quite a while
> to figure out how to do it the first time. And if I haven't
> done it for a while, it takes me a long time again to figure
> it out
)
>
> The ISO9660 file has to be read and torn apart, into its
> bits and pieces, and then burned to the CD. A program like
> Nero knows how to do that.
>
> You cannot just transfer "memtest86+-2.01.iso" to the CD
> and have it work. If you can see "memtest86+-2.01.iso" on
> the CD in Explorer right now, then you'll need to burn
> another CD. And with a tool that knows how to burn an
> ISO. The built-in burner that comes with WinXP, doesn't
> know how to do that (handle an ISO).
>
> Paul
Well... I drop an .ISO file onto my NERO icon, and end up with
a bootable cd.(Of course the ISO file must be a bootable one

)