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Old 11-03-2004, 22:32   #1
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dos diagnostic tools
Anyon no of a good floopy bootable diagnostic tools disk, ie for checking keyboard etc...

Have a keyboard with some dead keys and wanna check its not some strange OS problem (it has been known) and thought it might be an idea to get hol of a decent diag tools disk to carry around whilst im at it.

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Re: dos diagnostic tools
Go Here http://www.bootdisk.com/ all the goodies you will need matey
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Old 11-03-2004, 22:52   #3
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
Thanks for the site, but still doesnt solve me problem of a dos based diagnostic suite you no the type, checks keyboard video etc...

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Old 11-03-2004, 22:55   #4
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Thanks for the site, but still doesnt solve me problem of a dos based diagnostic suite you no the type, checks keyboard video etc...

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what bios do you have - there is an amibios app you could google for?
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
if you are playing in dos or dropping to the dos prompt from a windows based system
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Old 11-03-2004, 23:15   #6
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
just need to boot hte system to flopy (fine a can make a bootable dos disk) then I want to be able to run a simple diagnostic tool to check standard hardware etc..
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
used to use "pc-check" when I built machines for the bread - demo version available..... http://www.eurosoft-uk.com/pc_check.htm
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Old 14-03-2004, 22:46   #8
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
The above link seems broken, anyone else got any others?

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Re: dos diagnostic tools
In my old place we used to use something called QTpro... Its is brill but I dont know how much it is !
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
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In my old place we used to use something called QTpro... Its is brill but I dont know how much it is !
about £1200 according to their UK distributor..
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
LOL - Thats cheap

I think we should forget that one then
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aida32 doesn't seem bad?
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
Did the keys work before? If it was an OS problem then more than likely the whole thing would or wouldn't work rather than just the odd key.

I would try plugging it into another computer before anything else.
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Re: dos diagnostic tools
£12000 i can afford that.... NOT lol...... I suppose I could try and recoup the cost in my bill to the customer lol...

The keyboard is a laptop keyboard, that is having a couple of dodgey keys. run a couple of virus checks just to check.

but I want to run some test without booting windows...

I know I could just boot the laptop from floppy but I know there used to be some great apps around, and thought one may be usefull to keep in my kit..
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