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Alright, I read through the tutorial for a clean install and I'm pretty sure that's what I did the last time. However, I know the installer doesn't do a complete format of the drive, so I think I'll hook it up to my desktop and do a super-format to make sure the entire disk is clean. Anyone have any software suggestions for doing this? After that I'll put the drive back in my laptop and try installing windows again. If it still doesn't work after installing all the drivers and everything I'll just dual boot with some version of linux just so I can use my laptop when it isn't plugged in. I'm assuming that in that case it's most likely a hardware problem that linux doesn't care about, and the inconvenience of using linux is better than buying a new laptop.