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Story of my Desktop
I recently upgraded my GPU to ASUS GTX970. After installing the GPU, I tested it by playing games and I felt confident that the GPU was not defected. From there, I decided that it was time to revert my desktop from Windows 10 back to Windows 7 (I don't like the blocks) and has since been reformatting my desktop over and over.
Initial attempt:
1)Inserted Windows 7 Home premium edition into DVD drive
2)F8 and deleted all old partitions and created a new one
3)Stuck on “Window Expanding Files” at different percentage of recovery
4)1-10 attempts later I managed to have desktop reformatted
5)Installed mobo, and gpu drivers and desktop started freezing up
6)Started another reformat session
Current attempt:
1)Inserted Windows 7 Home premium edition into DVD drive
2)F8 and deleted all old partitions and created a new one
3)Stuck on “WindowExpanding Files” at different percentage of recovery
4)1-10 attempts later I managed to have desktop reformatted
5)Installed mobo, and gpu drivers
6)Tried installing Windows 7 updates and ended up with “Reverting update changes”
7)Windows would now boot straight into Bios and when I “Save changes & exit” windows would just restart and boot to BIOS again and again.
I’ve searched online about this problem and have had no luck. Help save my desktop!
Questions/Assumptions:
1)How could I tell if Window 7 disk is corrupted/bad?
2)Is GTX970 not compatible with my other hardware?
3)My SSD is dying?
MY Desktop Specs:
CPU: i5 4690k (1 year old)
MoBo: Asus Z97a (1 year old)
GPU: Asus GTX970 Strix (Brand new)
SSD: OCZ 228G (1 year old)
Asus DVD drive
Compact Flash Media
Thank you!
Last edited by SuperDesktop; 04 Dec 2015 at 16:26.