> -----Original Message----- > From: Faheem Mitha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 04:58 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: [OT] Stressing hardware under windows > > > > Dear People, > > This is a offtopic question, but is related to Linux in that > I need to do > something in Windows I can easily do in Linux, and I wondered > if someone > could help me. > > I'm about to purchase a machine to install Debian on, but the > people I'm > getting it from only support Windows. I want to put the hardware under > some load, but there doesn't seem to be any canonical way to > do this in > Windows. If they know Linux stuff I would just ask them to > recompile the > kernel a bunch of times. But this is probably not an option here. > > A friend suggested that I simply use a simple C program that > will simply > write to and from the hard disk very fast, and then keep it > running on the > machine. I wouldn't know how to write something like this off > the top of > my head. Does anyone have anything like this to hand or have other > suggestions? > > Please CC me; I'm not on the list. Thank you. > > Sincerely, Faheem Mitha. > >
Hi, While it's not a windows program, I really like: http://www.tufftest.com/ ^^ This is what I use when I get a new system. Burn in for a few days. Warning: No SCSI support if the card does not supply it's own BIOS. And some time ago I used to use: http://www.smithmicro.com/checkit/ ^^ I do not know why I switched to Tuff Test as this program has a *LONG* history in the IT industry. HTH Sam Stern Bethesda, MD, USA
