Bad memory block?

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Skizzy

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So I noticed my computer started to load extremely slow. It didn't happen little by little, it was just a huge hit all at once. It mainly does this when there's lots of file transfer, either downloading, or moving files from folder to folder. This was on both my Vista and XP boots. I decided to try and reformat, and combine the partitions, maybe something got messed up. I am now unable to install XP or Vista. Both say things about installing errors, etc. I tried switching SATA cables, maybe the old one was bad. Didn't work. So now I don't know what to do, I'm hoping it's just a bad Hard Drive and not a bad MoBo.

Cliffs:
Computer slowed to a crawl all at once. (Event Viewer has errors that read Bad Memory Block)
Reformatting didn't help.
Switched SATA cables, didn't help.
Hoping it's HD-related and not MoBo-related.

Thanks in advance guys, I appreciate it.
 
Your drive manufacturer should have some diagnostic tools you could load onto a CD or Floppy disk, to boot from. It'll run some diagnostic tests if you like, and it should have the utility to do the low level format as well. What brand drive do you have?
 
Western Digital.

I will look for any utilities on their site.
 
Okay, I ran their Data lifeguard tools, and did a Quick Test just to see if anything was wrong with it. It said it had errors, and recommended me to run the full media test. So I did. About 20 minutes into it (out of about 4 hours it said estimated), the test stopped, showing the message "TOO MANY ERRORS - CONTACT TECHNICAL SUPPORT". Does this mean for sure it's the HD if the HD test reported this? Or could it still be the MoBo, or maybe the RAM?

:/

Edit: Filled out the RMA application for the hard drive. They are sending one out even before I send mine back in, and I have 30 days to return mine. Just wonder how long it will take the new one to get here. In any case, that's some great customer support.
 
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