PC Diagnostics tool?

[mikehende]

In the same way that you can hook up a Car engine to a pc and have it tell you exactly what's wrong with the car, is there any such tool/sofftware that can tell you what's wrong with your pc? Eg., let's say you are having trouble with a cd rom, can the tool/software tell you where the trouble is? If so, is it effective?

[AWS]

There are tools like memtest to test memory and some disk utilities to diagnose disk problms, but, there is no one stop tool to check a computer. You think by now someone would have come up with something like thas wouldn't you?

[SuBX3r0]

you can get Ultimate Boot CD or UBCD for short.

 

it has tons of dos based utilities, benchmarks, diagnostics and more that all are burned onto a single cd. i'd recommend getting it for everyone just to have something in case of an emergency.

 

it basically compiles a lot of the best tools out there onto one disk with a simple gui.

 

also you may want to look at UBCD4WIN, it uses Barts PE to create a windows environment you can run from cd. it's a little more user friendly and contains only windows based utilities to diagnose a system.

 

you'll need to copy your XP install cd to your hdd to create the disk and there's quite a few steps so it's not as user friendly to get the disk made, but can come in handy down the road.

 

UBCD is really easy to make, i believe you get an iso and just use your favorite bruning software to burn the image.

[mikehende]

there is no one stop tool to check a computer. You think by now someone would have come up with something like thas wouldn't you?

 

Yes I would Bob! If you can have a pc system diagnose any problem in an Automobile, I don't see why the pc can't diagnose it's own problem? I guess it's like a Doctor being able to heal other people but can't heal himself or a Mechanic being able to fix other people's cars but can't fix his own :mad: doesn't quite add up. :confused:

[SuBX3r0]

Yes I would Bob! If you can have a pc system diagnose any problem in an Automobile' date=' I don't see why the pc can't diagnose it's own problem? I guess it's like a Doctor being able to heal other people but can't heal himself or a Mechanic being able to fix other people's cars but can't fix his own :mad: doesn't quite add up. :confused:[/quote']

 

the internal combustion engine has been around over a hundred years and hasn't changed much in that time, PC's as we know them today have been around a very short time and are changing a lot in as little as 6 months.

[priji]

Its limiting downtime, unnecessary repair, unwarranted technical support, excessive warranty.PC Diagnostics Lite version is a comprehensive professional quality diagnostic software developed and engineered specifically for its ease of use.