Need Advice - computer shutting down during program install

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Dual boot system with XP Pro on C drive and Windows 7 on D drive. I have
re-installed several different release versions of Windows 7 on drive D over
the past several few months with never a problem.

Today when I try to re-install any version of Windows 7 to drive D, my
computer just powers down abruptly, sometimes very quickly, other times
after the install is almost complete!! This never happened before and I
can't figure what is going on.

I installed a game program just yesterday with no problems.


Suggestions appreciated.
 
Jim said:
Dual boot system with XP Pro on C drive and Windows 7 on D drive. I have
re-installed several different release versions of Windows 7 on drive D over
the past several few months with never a problem.

Today when I try to re-install any version of Windows 7 to drive D, my
computer just powers down abruptly, sometimes very quickly, other times
after the install is almost complete!! This never happened before and I
can't figure what is going on.

I installed a game program just yesterday with no problems.


Suggestions appreciated.
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Asking for suggestions about Windows 7 in an XP group is not the
smartest thing to do.
 
Jim said:
Dual boot system with XP Pro on C drive and Windows 7 on D drive. I have
re-installed several different release versions of Windows 7 on drive D
over the past several few months with never a problem.

Today when I try to re-install any version of Windows 7 to drive D, my
computer just powers down abruptly, sometimes very quickly, other times
after the install is almost complete!! This never happened before and I
can't figure what is going on.

I installed a game program just yesterday with no problems.


Suggestions appreciated.
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Sudden power-offs without restarts are often an indication of hardware
failure. Heat is often the cause, and components damaged by heat seldom
heal.
 
Thanks for your reply Patrick.

Yes I agree, it looks like it may be a hardware problem but I just can't put
my finger on what may be failing since XP runs just fine on drive C.

This problem arose since I decided to re-install the latest build of Windows
7 on drive D. The computer will suddenly powers off, either as the OS is
being installed or during setup. I even substituted another drive, same
problem.

I don't feel this is a Windows 7 issue. Appreciate if someone could give me
a suggestion on what hardware may be at fault. The dvd has been used
successfully to install other apps & game programs.
 
Jim said:
Thanks for your reply Patrick.

Yes I agree, it looks like it may be a hardware problem but I just can't
put my finger on what may be failing since XP runs just fine on drive C.

This problem arose since I decided to re-install the latest build of
Windows 7 on drive D. The computer will suddenly powers off, either as the
OS is being installed or during setup. I even substituted another drive,
same problem.
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So it's not the drive.
I don't feel this is a Windows 7 issue. Appreciate if someone could give
me a suggestion on what hardware may be at fault.
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Any hardware other than the hard disk. I'm not being facetious.
The dvd has been used successfully to install other apps & game programs.
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It's very difficult (and expensive) to diagnose hardware failures.
Frequently, it's done by substitition with known-good components, and that
implies that you *have* replacement components at hand.

Sorry, but there aren't a lot of shortcuts in this sort of thing.

-pk
 
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