RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
Did some more things...when I try to reinstall Windows, it makes it to the disk check and that's where the blue error screen comes up - "Windows is being shut down to protect the computer blah blah blah"
When I boot up the computer normally, all of the normal boot up screens come up as usual, and the computer finds all of the drives correctly. The blue screen comes on in place of the Windows loading screen with the blue bar moving across. In short, I can't boot up Windows (even in safe mode), and I can't reinstall Windows, though I can still convert my drives to NTFS using another computer.
I'm just about to the point of having to take my machine to the geek squad. I've never had to use them before, but I've got a brand new motherboard, CPU, and video card, and I have no idea what the problem could be. Swapping out is not an option because the 32-bit 64-bit, and AGP-PCIe upgrades makes that impossible.