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Just had another play with it at lunchtime. I got as far as selecting language on Win 7 installation before the DVD drive failed. windows recognised my HDD and I managed to run chkdsk earlier using a winxp console usb i had lying around. I think the HDD is clicking because the DVD drive is failing, tt worked around 12pm before failing and now its unresponsive again. I tried to run puppy linux from a USB but it fails at Loading Kernel Drivers so I cant get in and have a snoop around.
Im gonna give a portable DVD player a go tonight and see if it is linked to the DVD, for some reason the Bios recognises the DVD but wont spin or eject. Then randomly, when the computer has been off for a while, it spins the disk and boots win7 installation before timing out or randomly ejecting the disk half way through the installation.
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External DVD Drive might get you through it,
you can so im told also copy win 7 to a Flash drive and install from that, not done it my self but may be another option.
Ive not read backwards only working off your last post.
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You can use usb download tool to install the .iso onto a usb stick
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Thanks Matt for the DVD. The hard drive has broken, somehow due to me ruining a partition. I get a BSOD when it starts copying files to the HDD and it was making all sorts of unholy noises.
Will fork out for a new HDD and I think that should solve the problem.
Oh well, at least I got to the bottom of it.
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Your partition magic advice has been heeded ex0 
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Thanks Matt for the DVD. The hard drive has broken, somehow due to me ruining a partition. I get a BSOD when it starts copying files to the HDD and it was making all sorts of unholy noises.
Will fork out for a new HDD and I think that should solve the problem.
Oh well, at least I got to the bottom of it. If you want me to run some HDD tests on it to sign its death certificate, I can do mate. Have bought that diagnostics software home from work. 
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Yeah might be worth a go. Meanwhile, I require a HDD!!
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Great deal, but ive only got about £30-40 in my budget... Dont think id need all that space... Resident Evil 2 doesnt take up that much! 
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Haha nah I was only sayin it cos you said you would like more Fantastic drives though, even if they do seem noisier than others hehe!
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