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I was able to wipe my drive using the disk clean tutorial and did a clean install of windows 7 using the first clean install tutorial you suggested. I was successful and was able to set up windows 7. However; when I followed the last part of the tut to refresh my Windows Experience Index (WEI), I ran into some problems. I ran it the first time and my PC crashed, leading me to a BSOD. I again booted windows 7 and ran the WEI refresh, only to get an error message about half way through (about 10 minutes into running the Direct3D 10 ALU Assessment) stating that it was taking too long to check
*edit* I ran WEI a third time and after about 10 min the PC stayed powered on but the screen turned black.... Leading me to believe it is indeed my hardware...in that case, I would follow your suggestion of testing from the steps in the preface of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start.
Thank you again :)