System crashes on Memtest86

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I have been trying to make a DVD and even Windows DVD maker crashes when making a DVD. My I put in 1 4GB stick and it crashes when running memtest86. I also stress tested my machine with a program called BurnInTest and it crashed the machine also. I just purchased 2 4GB Crucial ram sticks. Before I had 2x2x2x2. I thought the reason I could make a 30 minute movie in Windows movie maker was lack of RAM. This doesn't seem right that the RAM is bad. I have an AMD triple core processor and a 64bit system. The board is the BIOSTAR TA780G M2+. Could it be that it is overheating and causing the crash? Does the machine shut down when the processor gets to hot? How do I get to the bottom of why it is crashing? Can the hard drive bad?
The guy I bought this from told me that windows is not stable with a dual drive system. Is that true? I do have 2 drives and they both run windows 7. I select from a menu which drive I want when I start the machine. The 2nd drive is a 500gb western digital and the main original drive is about 80gb. When I try to use Windows DVD from either drive, it crashes with anything more than 10 minutes of video. I have video editing software on the larger drive, and sometimes when it is caching files, it crashes as well. So what should I do?
 
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Why have the same OS installed twice on the same machine? Dual-booting was designed to allow you to run two different versions, otherwise it's pointless having a dual-boot set up.

I would be tempted to remove one of them and see how it runs then for a few days.
Why have the same OS installed twice on the same machine? Dual-booting was designed to allow you to run two different versions, otherwise it's pointless having a dual-boot set up.

I would be tempted to remove one of them and see how it runs then for a few days.
 
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My system is running fine now. It was overheating to processor. A computer guy blew out all the dust in the machine! Was very dirty.... Also, he pulled out the processor and smeared some white stuff on it to keep it cooler. Problem is now fixed and I can make movies.