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Reinstalling Boot Disc Not Working
Following the complete and epic death of my old computer (still don't know what died, could have been anything short of the hard drive which I know works fine) I went out and bought a new motherboard, processor, memory, power supply, and graphics. After fighting with cables all afternoon I finally got the damn thing turning on, only now it won't boot from the lovely boot disc I made for it this afternoon with Windows 7 RC 7100, I believe.
I can tell the motherboard to boot from the CD/DVD drive no problem, and it seems to try to do that. However, it gives me an error message saying a file in the /windows/system or whatever directory is invalid or corrupt, and tells me to reboot and insert my dvd to repair the installation. I'm pretty sure this is due to the hard drive still having the old Windows 7 install I had on there before the death, so I formatted it using my netbook (running XP) and a hard drive enclosure I had handy and tried reinstalling the hard drive and rebooting from the disc. Same error messages.
If I continuously hit ENTER to get past all the "WHOAMG CAN'T FIND FILE OR CORRUPT" messages, I can get the "Starting Windows" screen to pop up for a few seconds, before the error messages start up again. Could it be that the downloaded ISO got messed up? I originally downloaded it onto a mac, then burned it to a dvd from the mac, then copied it to a different windows machine, then burned it using iso burning software to another dvd. (I'm currently cursing the fact that I don't have an external CD/DVD drive, believe me!)
Does anyone have any idea how the hell I can get my computer working? It's my first homebuilt monster, and I've gotten all the stuff plugged in right, it's just a matter of beating Windows 7 and my hard drive into submission.
Specs:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W
Power supply: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V
Memory: OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Graphics Card: ASUS EN9500GT OC/DI/512M GeForce 9500 GT 512MB
Cooling: The case has several fans built in, and as for processor cooling I'm using the stock AMD fan. I'd rather not risk voiding the warranty as it's my first build.
Please help; I've been working on this computer since 4 PM EST yesterday (August 14th), and I'm about to tear my hair out. I've had to live with a net book as my main computer for the past two weeks, and I'm going to gnaw someone's arm off if I can't use my beast soon.