Read-only hardware diagnostics for classic x86 systems. DOS Edition 1.0 is available now.
MHProbe reads hardware and firmware details without reconfiguring detected devices. For documentation, it can write a text report to disk.
Official DOS version · Freeware · 2026
Ready-to-use 1.44 MB floppy image containing MHPROBE.EXE, hardware databases, README, change log and license.
Original floppy image (.IMG, 1,440 KiB)
ZIP contains the unmodified IMG · ZIP: 65 KiB · README and license are inside the floppy image.
The native Windows 3.11 edition is in advanced development, but is not publicly released yet.
DOS Edition 1.0 is not a native Win16 application. Further Windows releases will follow documented testing.
IN DEVELOPMENT · NO DOWNLOADREPORT.TXT reportWrite the disk image to a 1.44 MB floppy or mount it in an emulator. Alternatively copy all included files into a DOS directory, keeping the .DAT databases next to MHPROBE.EXE.
Run MHPROBE in DOS. Menu option 9 writes REPORT.TXT to the current working directory. For long screens: Space/Enter to continue, Esc to return.
Read-only hardware configuration: no automatic repairs, PCI BAR writes, CMOS changes, PnP node changes or MCA reconfiguration. Only the explicitly requested TXT report is written to disk.
The included release README documents testing on MS-DOS 6.22 in an 86Box IBM PS/2 Model 70 setup and in a Windows 98 DOS environment. This does not guarantee operation on every physical machine.
SHA-256 of the unmodified IMG: 53c7f9b564b727f3bb23d1673530dbb96cc756f2a4199b81a671d43a0619fc0d