RAM / HDD check

[Dolby]

My brother is convinced there are errors with his memory and/or HDD as he says he keeps getting 'errors'. I've got his PC for the night ... is there anything (free) I can download to check errors on HDD / RAM?

Thanks

 

[The_Techie]

Memtest is good for checking RAM. You could always try using Windows' built-in utility for checking the hard drive (not too sure what good free product to use, I usually use SpinRite).

 

[SanchoP]

If u have an Ubuntu live cd handy you can run memtest86 from there. You can also use checkdisk in windows to scan for errors - activate scanning of bad sectors, which will take very long but in this case might be needed.