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General Category => Service Center => Topic started by: Mr C on March 19, 2014, 01:27:11 pm

Title: Upgrade question
Post by: Mr C on March 19, 2014, 01:27:11 pm

As a Service Center 8 user I almost exclusively use the dos testing. Is there any real benefit for a full upgrade to 9? What benefits does the bootable OS have over the DOS testing?

Title: Re: Upgrade question
Post by: Kris_PCD on March 20, 2014, 08:04:18 am

Hi Mr C,

There are a few benefits for Bootable Diagnostics:

• Provides a UEFI compatible test environment
• Is capable of additional hardware tests (e.g. Networking, Audio, USB), and also includes:

            - Better driver support for various controllers types
             - Includes additional HDD and SSD testing capabilities
             - More diverse optical tests

• Built in automated testing capabilities
• Includes the new sessions feature for simplified organization of system information and diagnostic test results

Of course PC-Doctor DOS is still a valuable diagnostics tool, and my personal recommendation is to do some testing in both environments just to get a feel for each. Ultimately how you use Service Center is up to you, but one thing you should keep in mind is that DOS is considered a legacy product designed to run on older systems. As more systems stop using traditional BIOS and move to UEFI, the capability of booting into a DOS environment will cease to be an option.

Please let me know if you have any other questions, or run into any problems.

Thanks,
Kris Templin
Technical Support Representative
PC-Doctor, Inc.
10345 Professional Circle, Suite 183
Reno, NV 89521
http://support.pc-doctor.com