Please help....won't reformat

ross_wittenmyer · 12-12-2006, 05:53 PM

Ok, I want to reformat my computer but the dvd-drive isn't recognizing the disk. However, when it boots up it does, although it wont read some disks. It is recognized in bios also. Oh and when it boots XP it says something bout the Primary and Secondary IDE Channels being unable to be installed. I am soon gonna drive a new drive and XP disk. Appears to be IRQ problems or something IF any one can help I would appreciate it very much it.

BTW before it was BSODing and I was getting "Multiple IRP Request Complete" errors and IRQ errors.

**PanamaGal** · 12-14-2006, 10:02 AM

Will it boot from your XP install disk? If so, boot from it, delete your partition(s), and then reformat and reinstall. Any IRQ issues are irrelevant as far as reformatting is concerned. However, after you reformat and reinstall XP, IRQ issues do become relevant. What kind of drive do you have, IDE or SATA, and is your hard drive showing up in the BIOS? It must show up in the BIOS or you won't be able to reformat it.

12-12-2006, 05:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
ross_wittenmyer Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Please help....won't reformat Ok, I want to reformat my computer but the dvd-drive isn't recognizing the disk. However, when it boots up it does, although it wont read some disks. It is recognized in bios also. Oh and when it boots XP it says something bout the Primary and Secondary IDE Channels being unable to be installed. I am soon gonna drive a new drive and XP disk. Appears to be IRQ problems or something IF any one can help I would appreciate it very much it. BTW before it was BSODing and I was getting "Multiple IRP Request Complete" errors and IRQ errors.

12-14-2006, 10:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
PanamaGal Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 1,240 OS: WinXP Pro SP2; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Ultimate; Vista Business	Will it boot from your XP install disk? If so, boot from it, delete your partition(s), and then reformat and reinstall. Any IRQ issues are irrelevant as far as reformatting is concerned. However, after you reformat and reinstall XP, IRQ issues do become relevant. What kind of drive do you have, IDE or SATA, and is your hard drive showing up in the BIOS? It must show up in the BIOS or you won't be able to reformat it. __________________ It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.