I personally would test the memory and make sure there wasn't an issue there.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > I got this guy who is trying to install windows on his box. > he says that he has tried it on two hard drives and it stops > at about %60 percent of the file install before it gets to the > actual complete install where it reboots. > > The funny thing is that it is happening on two hard drives. > He has a third hard drive, which has all his data files. So > I told him to burn a copy of ubuntu, or crunchbang, because > crunchbang comes with vlc player (so he can play a movie, > just to make sure his mother board is ok) out of the box, and copy > all his data files to and external drive so he can then use the > third hard drive to install windows. > > at first when I told him to install ubuntu, he was against it, but > then when I told him he could use the live disk transfer his files > to another drive he liked that idea. > > This guy is a windows lover, but I will be telling him about the > virtues of linux if I go to check out his computer. > > My question is, if his computer is failing to install, (where it previously > > has succeded with the same two hard drives) at about %60 of the install, > is it most likely that the problem is the hard drive, and if I run ubuntu > live and it works, does that confirm that the mother board is good? > I know it could just be coincidence, but it seems strange that both > hard drives would die at about %60 percent of the install. > > I also told him to clean the install disk with one of those mechanical/ > buffing cleaners, be he told me that he had tried different coppies of > the windows install disk. I also know that this could also be coincidence, > so I told him he should clean it anyways. > > He said that he has noticed that he had a virus, and that is why he > was reinstalling. I will have to ask him more questions, but this also > sounds like it could be a power source problem. > > Should I do more than run a live cd to confirm the mother board, is > okay? for example, should I play a movie? > > Any comments/ suggestions, or whatever would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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