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Multiple BSOD Issues - Question About Reinstallation
Hi all, to make a long story short I came home from a weekend of WWP to find my computer asleep (nothing unusual). I move the mouse to wake it up as I always do and got no response. It had done that a few times before and I simply restarted the computer and it was fine.
This particular time when I restarted the computer I got this message.
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.
If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Run a system diagnostic utility supplied by your hardware manufacturer. In particular, run a memory check, and check for faulty or mismatched memory. Try changing video adapters.
Disable or remove any newly installed hardware and drivers. Disable or remove any newly installed software. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advance Startup Options and then select Safe Mode.
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x0000007F (0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0x00000000000006F8, 0xFFFFF8000CEFDE6E)"
For some reason when I pressed F8 upon restart and wasn't able to enter Safe Mode, I was presented with options asking from where I wanted to boot the computer. Maybe this is because of my motherboard or something.
Anyway, ALL of the hardware and software components were already installed and in use prior to the BSOD incident, so I had not installed any new software or hardware.
Needless to say, I wasn't able to even get into the computer to test anything. I reset my BIOS to default settings, which I had never manipulated the settings in the first place and I still get the error.
It would often alternate between the above error and the "STOP: c00021a Fatal System Error."
What I decided to do was purchase a brand new hard drive so that I could reinstall my OEM version of Windows 7 Professional x64, which I researched and found out you could do only if you used the same motherboard, which I am using.
I installed the drive and it's detected in my BIOS. When I turn the computer on, because of the new drive, I am instructed to put the OS installation disk in, as I had been instructed to do when I first built the computer.
I see the usual "windows is loading files" with the big white progress bar at the bottom. Once the progress bar is full, it seems as if it's going to install properly. The Windows 7 screen loads with the pretty colors coming together above the words "Starting Windows...and then BAM, BSOD.
I don't understand, how can it be doing that when this is a brand new hard drive.
Any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
LMan