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BSOD, 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

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by thkforce

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Hi All,

I'm having problems with my harddisk which give me "0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" problem every time I try to boot WinXp. I've read many forums, articles and etc on TechRepuplic, Microsoft or some other discussion platforms; however I cannot find a solution. On Microsoft.com and on TechRepublic, I found a solution that uses Recovery Console which I tried to; but when I boot from WinXp Setup Disc and then try to solve the problem via Recovery Console, I get this blue screen. I realize that I get this stop error when WinXp boot screen fades out to open log on screen and I insert WinXp disc to recover WinXp installion (status bar says examining disc ~138000MB then it throws this error message)

System Spesifications:
Asus P5WD2 Premium
2x512MB Kingston 667MHz RAM
Intel Pentium D 3.0GHz Dual Core
Seagate 250GB HDD

Any help would be appreciated, thanks..

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by ic-it

When did the problem start? After installing a new device or software?
WHat version of XP did you use to setup the computer?
The status bar reporting `138000MB makes me wonder if this happened with a pre-SP1 XP disk. That could result in data loss and that error. You could use a partition manager to shrink the partition down.

by thkforce

Problem started a few days ago. I did not install any new device or software. WinXp professional is the version of the sytem and that amount is just one partition (actually c: drive) of my system where I divided 250GB into three partitions. I think the size doesn't matter with this problem, it just made me understand that blue screen appears when installition disc tries to examine the disk before starting any format, recovery, windows install process.

As I said, I try to format disk with XP cd. While setup examines the disk for format, that error occurs.

by ic-it

You state that the C: Drive is 250 GB, one partition. You also state that you partitioned it into 3 partitions.
It can't be both one and three.
Did you do this before installing the OS or after? If after how did you do it, hopefully you used a non-destructive partition manager like Partition Magic. If not you can try to remove the new partitions and hope that it hasn't killed you installation.

by ashij

Hi!
I am not sure if you checked the Microsoft website, but they have this problem documented.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314063
Please check and see if this applies to you (it discusses teh same "IRQ 0x0000000A" error.

Good Luck

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