Testing system stability without entering Windows

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I've wanted to know how do I test the system stability without entering the Windows. It whould save huge amount of time if I just bootup with some dos stressing program.
Thank you
 
Use a Live CD of some sort. I test memory with the memtest boot CD. You could test other things with a Linux Live CD.
 
Download the "Ulitimate Boot CD".

It has most-all of the various testing-stress testing programs on it.
Just boot from CD drive and decide which one you want to run.

Luck ....... :D
 
Dos based programs will only get you so far. Your system will be stressed more from within windows since it'll utilise the graphics hardware more and add more heat to your system.

I've found many a time in the past that my system will be stable in dos stress programs, but not in windows for this reason. Speaking from experience with memtest86++ here versus memtest in windows.

But yeah, as the guy above said, ultimate boot CD is very handy if you wanna play about in dos.
 
Dos based programs will only get you so far. Your system will be stressed more from within windows since it'll utilise the graphics hardware more and add more heat to your system.

I've found many a time in the past that my system will be stable in dos stress programs, but not in windows for this reason. Speaking from experience with memtest86++ here versus memtest in windows.

But yeah, as the guy above said, ultimate boot CD is very handy if you wanna play about in dos so to speak.
 
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