
Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. The download links for the V4 downloads are still provided for those that prefer to work with the V4 bootable images.Chris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. In order to run MemTest86, PCs with legacy BIOS platform must use the older V4 release of MemTest86. However, you must use either Windows, Linux or Mac to create a bootable USB drive.įor information on creating a boot disk in Linux/Mac, visit the Technical Information pageĪs MemTest86 V10.5 supports only the newer UEFI platform, older PCs without UEFI support would be unable to boot MemTest86. The version of Windows, Linux, or Mac being used is irrelevant for execution. MemTest86 is a stand-alone program that does not require or use any operating system for execution.Installation and usage instructions are available on the Technical Information page.Please download the older V4 BIOS release of MemTest86 instead.

On machines that don't support UEFI, MemTest86 will not boot.

