How can I check HDD and RAM?

What are 2 of the best programs to check the condition of the Hard Drive and RAM? And is there a way to boot a USB stick and run the 2 programs from the USB stick?

I want to check the hard drive and RAM on an old PC.

Cheers.

 

Memtest86+ for RAM.

You can use DSKCHECK for the HDD.

 

Where is this DSKCHECK? Never heard of it and, from what Google points to, it's a trojan. I hope you're really just misspelling CHKDSK.

 

Thank you, I am downloading and installing DSKCHECK and Memtest86+.

 

Really? A trojan?

Do you know of any boot USB ISO that I can use to boot a USB stick that has memtest86+ on it and a hard drive sector checker?

 

You can boot the Ultimate Boot Cd from usb.It contains multiple diagnostic utilities.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-ul...-your-pocket-ultimate-boot-cd-on-a-usb-stick/

UBCD4Win can be created on usb too,that contains some useful tools also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdIKHdcMA0Y

 

So Ultimate Boot Cd has programs to check hard drive for bad sectors and errors and has a program to check bad RAM for errors?

Is this the one you mean?

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-and-boot-ultimate-boot-cd-ubcd-from-a-usb-device/

 

You can use Universal USB installer to run Hirens boot cd from a USB. From Hirens you can run, for instance, Memrest86+ for RAM and HDAT2 for HDD.

 

Yes that's the one.

Ultimate boot cd has numerous Hdd test utils,(both manufacturer's and generic) and also contains memtest86+.

 

No, sorry, no help with your original question. My only point is, while many are aware of CHKDSK, I can't find anything good or legitimate about "DSKCHECK" per se and I thought I'd throw a flag out since you said you were downloading and installing it. YMMV

 

What does HDAT2 do?