Installing OS problems

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pleggins

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First time poster so sorry if i am breaking any forum rules or if this is in the wrong place.

I Just finished building my own computer! the specs are as follows:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus USB-N10 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

I am having trouble installing an operating system now. I have a Windows 7 upgrade disk, so I need to install another OS first. I have an XP disk, and my computer is booting from the disk drive. When I insert the disk and reboot, it goes to a blue screen with a grey bar on the bottom listing what the computer is currently installing. I get to the "Windows is starting" message and then i get the BSOD saying there may be a problem with the hard drive, and I should remove any new hardware and blah blah I am sure you are all familiar with it. At the bottom it says "Technical information; ***STOP: 0X0000007B (0XF78D663C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)"

I wiped the hard drive and still had the same problem. Anyone have any suggestions to try? Thanks
 
Download Memtest86, burn it to a CD, boot of it and then leave it for a couple of hours whilst it checks your RAM.

You might also want to check your HDD too.

So yeah, I think the problem is probably cased by either a bad hard drive, or bad RAM sticks.
 
Can i install windows 7 from an upgrade disk without having an Os already installed? I am using a student upgrade disk that says
"Microsoft windows 7 Ultimate
64-bit x64 Upgrade: Pre-existing OS license required"
 
Ok I put a new hard drive in and still nothing. So far I have checked ram, hdd, and switched various cables and plugged things in to different ports. Still nothing. I can not use the upgrade disk because it says my product key is invalid due to not having internet connectivity to validate the product key. Now what?
 
pleggins said:
Ok I put a new hard drive in and still nothing. So far I have checked ram, hdd, and switched various cables and plugged things in to different ports. Still nothing. I can not use the upgrade disk because it says my product key is invalid due to not having internet connectivity to validate the product key. Now what?
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Use the option to call the Microsoft robot and activate Windows.

Also install your ethernet driver.
ftp://174.142.97.10/drivers/All/LAN/Realtek_Win7-64_Win7(7048).zip
 
How new is this MB, is it a UEFI board. I had a similar problem with a friend's build. My friend's MB was a ASUS M5A97 R2.0. I was trying to put Windows 8 Pro x64 upgrade on his computer. Didn't work, so he bought the regular OEM version. Didn't work then either. It kept coming up with this GPT error. I had to look that one up. Found out that if the MB is UEFI, it is most likely to have that format. So, I tried a different route. I re-partitioned the HD and left it UN-formatted, the Windows loaded all the way then. Because of this GPT format.
 
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Did you follow the instructions in the tutorial linked to above? You need to install WITHOUT using auto activation. Once installed, then you can go back and activate.
 
You have 8 GB of ram, so I am assuming your XP OS is also a 64 bit, if not this is most likely your issue.

P.s. my first post as well.
 
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