[NTLUG:Discuss] Progress Report and Memtest86+ question [Was: Re: slightly OT - external USB hard drive]

[Leroy Tennison]

Fred James wrote:
> Fred James wrote:
>>> All
>>> (pardon the slightly OT)
>>> The machine in question is currently running Windows 98 SE
>>> The problem is to save the user content and convert the machine to Linux 
>>> (only)
>>>
>>> The OT part is ...
>>>     (a) best way to get the data from the W98SE box? - neither my 
>>> external USB hard drive or my USB flash memory will work on that OS
>>>     (b) the box has been crashing/freezing a lot, in what appears to be 
>>> your basic "memory leak" problem - no errors messages presented - is 
>>> there a good/safe way to test/inspect the memory?
>>>     (b.1) I hate to do all the work to find the Linux suffered on the 
>>> machine as well, just because the memory was flaky.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
>>> Regards
>>> Fred James
>>>     
> All
> Progress:
>     Moved HD to enclosure and copied data to Linux machine - went quite well
>     Returned HD to original machine, plus added two more drives - plan 
> is Linux (single boot) on the two new drives and mount the old data on 
> old drive - it is a comfort factor for the owner of the box
>     Linux install failed - was good through partitioning, and then 
> failed during the actual install
>        BTW - never could get a Live CD to boot on this box
>     Running Memtest86+ v1.70 (came with the install CD)
>        So far, 5 passes with one error in the 3rd pass
> 
> Question:
>     Cure? or just replace the memory?
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
> Regards
> Fred James
> 
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At this point the question I have is "How much time have you invested
and what's the cost of new hardware?"  Without the answers to those
questions I wouldn't make a suggestion.  With Win98SE as the previous OS
it doesn't sound like a motherboard and RAM replacement would cost too
much.  I've tried to help people before by avoiding cost and it has
turned into a fiasco.