Nevermind! The cord is way too high of a wattage for the computer. It's a 120wat when it needs 65wat.
That makes no sense!
Why did you drop Windows 8? You could upgrade to 8.1 free!
Have you run diagnostics on the hard drive?
Windows does not always report hard drive errors. Some of the hard drive errors may be reported as software errors when, in fact, the error was caused by hardware.
And yes, there are other possibilities. Third party software may have modified the OS Kernel and caused the error. Or even malware.
May i suggest a hard drive test?
Both Western Digital and Seagate offer testing tools for hard drives.
Here is a list:
Free Hard Drive Testing ProgramsHope that helps.