Hi, I was PLAYING the game AION ONLINE. My computer randomly froze yesterday and would not REBOOT windows. It would just circle from the startup SCREEN to the loading windows with the bars going across back to my startup screen. I currently am trying to reformat thinking that is the problem. I am able to reformat the computer but when it comes to 12% and a certain file it says I have an error it starts on the same file everytime. I have tried a windows XP HOME AND PROFESSIONAL CD. I have taken out each piece of ram 1 by 1 to TRY it and it still does not work. I am completely confused and do not KNOW where to go from here could my hard drive gone bad randomly? Please help thank you. what does the error say specifically?

is it just that your computer fails to read the file off the disk? I believe it's the HDD's problem.

If possible, try to swap HDDs and see if it copies files successfully and boots it.Most likely the CD is dirty/scratched or the Cd drive is dirty. If cleaning the CD doesn't work, swap out the CD drive for another known good one.