Question why is the computer shutting down

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so ive been helping my friend build their computer and right there are at the windows installation part, right when windows starts downloading about 2 minutes into it just shuts down... a hard shut down. Please help this is starting to really frustrate the both of us
 

sgnz

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I agree with kurdtnz. Full system specs will help with diagnosing the problem.
With not knowing this I can only assume (which is a bad idea) the cpu may be thermally throttling causing the shutdown during windows installation
 
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Her specs are
Msi z390-a pro mobo
Intel 9700-k
Crosair vengeance lpx 16gb
Cool master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition
evga GeForce gtx 1660 super
as for the memory ill let you know later but its a ssd with 200gb and a 2t hdd
 
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also we were able to install windows onto the ssd but now we are running another problem when it boots up she'll be greeted with a recovery screen with error code 0xc000000f