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Yes its a SATA hard drive and indeed it still wont boot up following the windows installation. I dont have another PC i can connect it too but i wonder if a work mate can help me out. What would be the suggested disk check?

Appologies posted this in two threads, copied it here and the formatting looks to have caused a problem. I was unable to boot windows at all From the advanced settings I had no joy with last known config or repair the computer I've managed to reinstall Windows 7 afresh from the DOS prompt and still having the same problems. Im assuming its a hardware problem...

Hi everyone I wasn't quite sure where to place this so appologies if its not the optimal place! I recently upgraded the graphics card in my computer. It would appear the additional strain on the power supply wasnt to my PSU's liking and thus after about 20 minutes it over heated and died. I promptly went and purchased a new higher power PSU which at first didnt seem to be accepted by the computer as it briefly hung on the windows screen but then restarted and ran relatively without a hitch. Oddly my mouse would sometimes act uncontrollably which was the first incling something might not be going so well. Unfortunately since then the computer would inconsistently start up. Again hanging on the windows 7 load screen as the logo begins to appear. Last night it decided it would not enter windows at all regardless of restarts. As if this wasnt annoying enough my keyboard now react on the initial activation screen to enter boot settings and such but immediately after this loses all lights and functions. I managed to run a RAM check from the advanced settings on the system crash screen. This was unremarkable. I then tried via the DOS options to load a recent recovery - there is only 1 on the system and this failed to work. I also tried reinstalling windows via the DOS prompt and this has unfortunately left me in the same place. Im at a bit of a loss to the next move i can make. Im assuming the HDD or Mother board may have been affected by a power surge when the PSU died but i wanted to check for advice before replacing either or which would be the logical choice to start with. Any advice will be greatly recieved! Thanks in advance</div>Jim</div>