Hard Drive Format

[keota123]

I don't know if this is the right area to post this thread, if not, move this please?

I guess I should start from the beginning.

This is my first computer i've ever worked on. My father used to work for Qualcomm, but got laid off a decade ago so it's been a while for him.

I decided to purchase a new Motherboard, CPU, GPU, and case. I salvaged the DVD driver, RAM, and Hard Drive.

The whole computer is working, but I just can't run Windows at all. I've launched normally, but it just does a whole cycle of restarting, then back to the "launch normally" screen. I've then attempted to restore and repair my system. I then launch to "Last known good configuration" then it takes me to a blue screen saying

"problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
Computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer.
If this screen appears again, follow thease steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and
terminated. Run chkdisk/f to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information: STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78DE524, 0xC0000034, 0x000000000, 0x00000000)
I've read that I have to format my hard drive, then reinstall Windows?"

I've read that I have to format my Hard Drive for this to be solved. So to format my hard drive, I'd have to put back my old mother board, get the computer running with my old mother board then go into the settings and then format my hard drive?

Would formatting my hard drive delete my Windows 7 and not let me be able to upgrade to Windows 8 as well? I just bought the Windows 8 upgrade today.

 

[aldan]

set your comp to boot with the dvd.when given the option to install windows choose custom install.this is a clean install and will format your hard drive.

 

[jeremyshow9]

You need a bootable DVD, then you can boot from DVD and install the Windows, then in the process, you can choose to format the hard drive.

 

[kenrivers]

This may not be the problem but did you check to make sure the salvaged RAM is compatible with your new motherboard? Do you have access to another computer? If yes, you could connect the drive as an external drive via a SATA (assuming it's a SATA drive) to USB cable and format the drive on another computer without having to reinstall the old motherboard.