Windows has been shut down to prevent damage

I'm trying to format this hard drive, and I'm running into a lot of issues. Here is the error I get:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

I have tried running CHKDSK, and also tried running SpinRite (which took 3 days). I have run antivirus software (AVG) and there are no controller cards or additional hard drives. Anyone know what I can do?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There's no operating system on the hard drive anymore, I get that error while I'm trying to install Windows... also, running Ubuntu Live just locks up every time.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

And you say Spinrite says the drive is clean?

In any case, I would be very suspicious of a drive that croaks during a Windows setup, so I'd recommend you use a different one instead.

It belongs to a neighbor of mine, so I either have to install an OS on it... or buy her another one. Damn.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I installed the harddrive into another computer so that I could put XP on it and format it. I put it back into the original computer and it said "the disk cannot be read, press control alt delete to restart". Any suggestions?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Could be a problem with the original computer then. Swap the hardware (motherboard, cabling, power supply) or try another hard disk on it.

I tried another hard drive, and I don't think I have the experience necessary to swap out the motherboard.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Zergrinch

Did the other hard drive work?

No, no SATA drive will run in the computer because of the same error. However, I put in an IDE drive with Ubuntu on it, and it ran fine. So what I did was returned the new SATA drive I bought, and exchanged it for and IDE drive. That didn't work for some reason either, because of the same error.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?