PC-Checkup - Heard Of This Diagnostic Tool?

[flychromeboy]

I was in a local computer repair shop, and I was chatting to the owner who showed me a laptop that he was running diagnostics on. He was using a program called PC-Checkup. It was a DOS based program, which ran diagnostics on just about every piece of hardware - the CPU, RAM, hard drive, video memory, the screen ect. It was nice to see you could do all these tests just from one single program.

I want to use this program as well. Has anyone else seen/used this. I googled it, and the closest I came to it was a Symantec tool called PC Checkup, but that doesn't have the same functionality. He did say he had paid for this program, if thats any help.

 

[iisjman07]

It sounds like to me you're describing Eurosoft PC-Check:
http://www.eurosoft-uk.com/pccheck.html
It looks something like:

It's on hirens if you want to give it a try, but it costs if you want to use it properly

 

[PBComputer]

I'm sure I've used it and have a copy in the office, i will have alook later.

 

[PBComputer]

It sounds like to me you're describing Eurosoft PC-Check:
http://www.eurosoft-uk.com/pccheck.html
It looks something like:

It's on hirens if you want to give it a try, but it costs if you want to use it properly

That's the one i was thinking about! just could not think on the manufacture

 

[MobileTechie]

I seen it before but as far as I could tell, it is not likely to diagnose anything of any use.

 

[chrisaroz]

I think you get more for your money with PC-Doctor
http://www.pcdservicecenter.com/

 

[kagman]

I think you get more for your money with PC-Doctor
http://www.pcdservicecenter.com/

Wow seems nice and all, but the price is a bit high...

 

[chrisaroz]

The price is the same as PC Tech.

 

[J-Bob]

I think you get more for your money with PC-Doctor
http://www.pcdservicecenter.com/

Got that at my shop- love it!
(worth the dough. In fact, I called in and simply asked if I could get it at a cheaper price and they knocked it down for me )

I love how you can print 'branded' diagnostic reports with it.
[Looks very professional]

 

[chrisaroz]

I'm calling to order mine tomorrow (was going to order it this weekend, but I've heard the same thing you said - call in and you can get it cheaper).

I think I may do a review of it. If I do, I'll post it when I'm done.

 

[flychromeboy]

Yep its Eurosoft PC-Check. Thats the one. Thanks for that. What are the limitations on it when using it via Hirens? Is it worth the price?

@chrisaroz Looking forward to your review. Perhaps a PC-Check vs PC Doctor.

 

[chrisaroz]

Well, I'm only buying PC-Doctor, so I won't be able to compare the two.

 

[Fixedathome.com]

Amazon UK Have PC-Doctor 7 for £246 at the moment. If you contact PC-Doctor before buying they will offer you a free upgrade to 7.5. I bought this last week and I'm absolutely loving it.

My main reason for choosing this over the others is the printed reports and choice of Windows or Dos based testing. I was looking for some hardware testing to smoothly integrate into my healthcheck service that would print a decent report at the end and this ticked all boxes. As mentioned earlier you can customise the header of the reports so that it has your logo and details at the top. Very professional looking! The testing software seems to work as well. I've already had it pull up a dodgy stick of ram on a clients PC. The PC was only in for a healthcheck and hadn't been reported as crashing so it wasn't something I was looking for. I need to give this some more thorough testing really but when I've done so I will report back. It would be good if others could post their experiences also. I also own Micro 2000 so will try and knock up a comparison of the 2 when I get chance.

One thing I would say about this type of software though is don't let it be your only form of diagnostics. I am only planning on using this as an overall test on PCs that come in for Healthchecks. For all other problems my first rout of call will always My own diagnostic skills. The bonus is that this can be run afterwards to check that nothing else has been missed or to stress test the PC.

 

[iisjman07]

What are the limitations on it when using it via Hirens? Is it worth the price?

There are no limitations, but hirens is illegal if you use it to repair customers computers. If you try it out on your personal computer it's still shady but nothing bad will come of it

 

[chrisaroz]

I just ordered over the phone, but didn't know/ask about the free 7.5 upgrade. Is this something I need to worry about or call them on?

 

[Fixedathome.com]

I just ordered over the phone, but didn't know/ask about the free 7.5 upgrade. Is this something I need to worry about or call them on?

I think if you ordered directly from PC-Doctor you will get the latest version anyway. Amazon UK only had version 7. A very nice lady from PC-Doctor called Kim told me to purchase via Amazon Uk to save on international carriage charges and then she would give me the update free of charge.

 

[RegEdit]

I use the freeware PC Check 6.5 off Hiren's Boot CD. I like it!

 

[chrisaroz]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's not freeware, it's illegalware.

 

[othersteve]

LOL, yes, completely illegal.

Anyway, I just took the plunge for PC-Doctor 7.5 as well here in the US. I got the premier version just because the Post cards (especially the miniPCI one!) looked especially tempting; plus, the price was right (though still expensive). I'm pretty excited about using this on some customer PCs after giving it a test whirl on my own machines. It's impressive for sure.

 

[keeperofthecode]

Has anyone used both? I've been using PC-Check for the past two years and live by it but reports would be nice. Every system that comes through my office gets a full hardware test while it's waiting for a tech to get to it. Makes the repair process go a little quicker once a tech starts working on it if he knows from the get go that the hard drive is failing, etc.