Most of the time I would boot to the cd and it would say “loading files” and than freeze. Other times it would actually read the cd, I would try to do the repair option where I would try and do the system restore but that would result in a blue screen. I read a bunch of your other suggestions about trying to run FRST but I would never be able to get to the command prompt without a crash. I tried moving my ram around as I have 4 sticks, and unplugging and plugging back in the HD connectors, and my computer seems to be working for now. I’m not sure if my ram was the problem or what. Is there a way for my to run a diagnostics on my ram or harddrive to figure out what the problem was? Thanks for your help.