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Originally Posted by totalnovice Right. I've downloaded Memtest86. As the laptop does not have a floppy disk drive I downloaded the ISO image (zip). I unzipped it as instructed and after some trouble (another blue screen along the way) burned the unzipped ISO file to a CD. I then restarted the computer with the CD in the drive, double clicked on the file and was told that Windows could not open it.
Stuck again. Sorry, folks, but what programe do I need to open this file and run the test? |
You dont burn the ISO file onto a disc.
You need a program to burn the contents of the iso file to a disc. An ISO file is a disc image that contains all the files and folders that are normally on the disc in a packagd format that also includea alot of other hidden info as well. In this case it also contains information that makes the disc bootable.
If you have
nero (not sure on nero express but full blown nero does it like this) then you can burn the image by closing any of the starting selection bits (where you choose DVD / CD and Data or music disc) in nero and then asking it to "File > open" and choosing the ISO file, this will then burn the disc correctly.
Other burning programs will allow you to open the ISO image and burn it directly to CD
Windows built in burning program will NOT allow you to burn it correctly.
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