Not sure if it is a hardware problem or what

[Shadowmeph]

yesterday I brought out my new motherboard that I installed my 2500k into it is out side the case so I decded that I wanted to test this thing out so I grabbed a hard drive which is a seagate 320gb and I used a usb dvd drive so that I could install an OS onto the hard drive.

I first tried to install win7x64 but it just wouldn't install it kept saying that I hard corrupted files so I then grabbed an old windows 8x64 disk from way back in Feb ( which I have installed in VM on my main PC ) and when I tried to install onto the same hard d rive I received the same message.

I then tryed server 2012 this time I recieved a message saying that I could not install on the hard drive because the format was different and it wouldn't let me do anything with the hard drive. I turned off the power to the motherboard , unplugged the hard drive. the connected it to my main PC and reformatted the hard drive. then re connected it to the motherboard and tried again.
This time the install started got all the way to finishing up then stopped with an error saying that the files are corrupt.

Is this a hard drive issue ? what can I use to test the hard drive

[enaberif]

I'd start with RAM first then CPU

[Shadowmeph]

how would I test the ram or cpu with out an OS

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

how would I test the ram or cpu with out an OS

Another system? Corrupt files is more of a sign of bad memory or memory controller.. but the controller is on the CPU and VERY rare to be bad.

[3.0charlie]

Live Linux CD, run Memtest from it (part of the OS selection).

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

how would I test the ram or cpu with out an OS

UBCD will get you memtest 386 and cpu stress tests.

[Shadowmeph]

Originally Posted by sswilson

UBCD will get you memtest 386 and cpu stress tests.

OK thanks I didn't even think of any of that lol it is funny when I go for my run ,like I did this morning, the blood drains from my brain which makes me not think clearly lol.


Yuppers massive ram errors lol cool well not cool but now I can pull that stick and continue :)

[Dragonstongue]

see my brother had similar happen to him a few months ago, but it did turn out to be his hard drive going back, took him something like 8 install/formats to get the os installed on his hard drive, finally installed, he did check his hard drive, and go figure, its on its last legs.