Installer says it is corrupt.

First a little backgorund. My macbook is currently running 10.7.3. I have had numerous failed attempts to update to 10.7.4. Everytime I try and run the updater or installer it says the download is corrupt and to try downloading it again. I've tried using the "software update" feature and I have downloaded the entire 10.7.4 installer from the app store and I always end up with the same result. The same 10.7.4 installer worked perfectly on my wife's identical computer. Is there possibly something wrong with my hard drive?? I did recently have a hard drive failure and after installing a new drive was able to get 10.7.3 running but not 10.7.4.
I decided to skip 10.7.4 and just purchase the Mountain Lion update. After downloading it I get the same "corrupt" error as I did with 10.7.4. The download size was 4+ gigs so it was fully downloaded.
I happen to have a brand new, (never formatted) 640 gig drive. My question is, can I:
1. Put the new drive in my disk enclosure
2. Use Disk Utility to format it as OS Extended
3. Launch the 10.8 installer and point it at the new drive
4. Install 10.8
5. Swap it with my current internal drive

What is your operating system?  What product/version are you trying to install?  From where are you installing: download or install disk?  What is the exact message you are getting?

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