Windows 10: BSOD after doing a clean install while installing Steam games

Alienware M17xR3
Windows 10 Home

My computer was running terribly slow, so I made a backup and did a clean install. Shortly after completing, I started downloading Dota 2 from Steam and also tried installing Fortnite, but my computer crashed. I didn't manage to catch the error code exactly on the blue screen, something related to power?

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Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

Steam does not install from disk?!?!

no you're doing steps 1 and 2 wrong. steam creates the directory, you stop steam and then you install the game from the disk to that directory.

also steam must be off, not in offline mode but off, aka no steam services in the task manager when you install the game.

 

bsod when installing steam

this is pretty freaky...it gives me a BSOD when i double click steam in download manager, heres everything i have installed atm:



i installed it on my last 2 reformat's and it worked fine...