Kybys
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A few months ago I had a major viral problem on my WinXP system, it got too much of a hassle to take care of using normal methods so I just reformatted and installed Win7 build 7022 (I'm pretty sure it was 7022). Everything was fine for about a month, but then after a while the system started rebooting itself increasingly often. Before I got around to fixing the problem (whatever it might have been), I got a blue screen, but didn't catch what it said. Anyway, afterwards I was debating whether this was a software or hardware problem and thought that maybe the system was overheating. I checked BIOS settings and sure enough the temperature was steadilly rising, but I didn't think it was enough to cause such problems (CPU temp would get to around 60 degrees in a half an hour), of course I can't be sure 'cause I didn't check what the temperature was when the CPU would actually be performing something that uses resources.
I decided to rely on wishfull thinking and attempted to format and reinstall Windows again, only this time I tried Win7 build 7077. The format went alright and the installation would copy the files needed for installation, but then when Windows was loading I'd get a DOS screen saying "BOOTMGR missing". I read about this online and tried fixing the startup using the Win7 boot cd. It didn't work, obviously.
I left the computer alone for a few weeks, 'cause I have a few other ones that I can use, but recently I decided to give it another shot with Win7 RC, but during installation I'd get a "Windows cannot copy files necessary for installation" message.
I realize that reasons for this issue can be many: RAM, HDD, Power, or possibly Mebroot or something. My question is how do I find out what the problem might be? Any help is appreciated;]
