Can't reinstall OS X, will download but does not restart

So my internal harddrive was screwed.
First, I booted with Mac's recovery, erased everything and tried to reinstall OS X. It downloaded but didn't restart like it was supposed to and just took me back to the utilities screen.
Next, I installed OS X Mavericks on an external, then from the desktop I opened disk utilities, partitioned the internal hard drive and erased it. Then I downloaded Mavericks from the App Store, and it automatically restarted and installed but didn't start for over an hour so I reset the Mac and went to recovery mode and there was problems with verifying and repairing.
Finally, I booted with external's recovery and tried to reinstall OS X to internal HD but it downloaded all the way then went back to the OS X utilities screen. I can't start up with internal because it does not show up and when I restart the computer and hold option on my external shows up.
How on earth can I just install OS X?

Sounds like either your internal HD is failing or has some errors that Disk Utility can't fix.
You could try Techtool Pro 7 , which can occasionally fix a hard drive that disk utility can't.
If that doesn't work, then I'd replace the HD.

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