IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL stop error

Evilchicken · 12-04-2005, 01:58 PM

About a week ago I was burning a cd for a friend and my computer turned off. I thought maybe I knocked the power cord out or some other power related problem. I checked and made sure the connections were fine and restarted my pc. It got to the XP loading screen, ran scandisk and then continued booting. Right after scandisk it flash a blue screen and restarted. It did this constantly. Well I gave up for a week until I could get an XP cd. I ran Recovery Console and it asked what instalation Id like to boot (dont Know why I only have one OS...) and it tried to boot and showed this stop error:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

[some filler text about how to solve the problem...]

***Stop: 0x0000000A (0x0A27000D, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x801C63C0)

Id tried to find some support around the net. Found some similiar problems which said to run Recovery Console and copy over a new kernel32.dll but I cant get that far in Recovery Console since it just shows the stop error.

Does anyone have any Idea how to fix this? I've been considering just formatting it and installing XP again but I dont wanna get a different product key thats not mine. Its kind of scares me...

Well thanks for your help.

Geekgirl · 12-06-2005, 07:09 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF

Your product key should be on the outside of the case. Have you tried a Repair install instead of using the Recovery Console?

Set the computer to boot from cd first in the BIOS
Place the xp cd in cdrom and reboot
Boot from the xp cd and choose install
Ignore the first repair option and continue with install
When windows finds the previous installation and offers to repair
then do the repair
If you have xp sp2 installed it needs to be incorporated into your xp disk or it will not offer the repair option only the clean install

How to perform a Repair Installation of Windows XP

Also have you looked over these
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...d_stp_hwpg.asp

12-04-2005, 01:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Evilchicken Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1 OS: XP Sp1 and Ubuntu live CD	IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL stop error About a week ago I was burning a cd for a friend and my computer turned off. I thought maybe I knocked the power cord out or some other power related problem. I checked and made sure the connections were fine and restarted my pc. It got to the XP loading screen, ran scandisk and then continued booting. Right after scandisk it flash a blue screen and restarted. It did this constantly. Well I gave up for a week until I could get an XP cd. I ran Recovery Console and it asked what instalation Id like to boot (dont Know why I only have one OS...) and it tried to boot and showed this stop error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL [some filler text about how to solve the problem...] ***Stop: 0x0000000A (0x0A27000D, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x801C63C0) Id tried to find some support around the net. Found some similiar problems which said to run Recovery Console and copy over a new kernel32.dll but I cant get that far in Recovery Console since it just shows the stop error. Does anyone have any Idea how to fix this? I've been considering just formatting it and installing XP again but I dont wanna get a different product key thats not mine. Its kind of scares me... Well thanks for your help.

12-06-2005, 07:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Geekgirl Assistant Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Six-burgh, Pennsylvania Posts: 13,734 OS: 98SE/WinXP Home/WinXP Pro/Vista/Windows 7	Hello and Welcome to TSF Your product key should be on the outside of the case. Have you tried a Repair install instead of using the Recovery Console? Set the computer to boot from cd first in the BIOS Place the xp cd in cdrom and reboot Boot from the xp cd and choose install Ignore the first repair option and continue with install When windows finds the previous installation and offers to repair then do the repair If you have xp sp2 installed it needs to be incorporated into your xp disk or it will not offer the repair option only the clean install How to perform a Repair Installation of Windows XP Also have you looked over these http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314063 http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...d_stp_hwpg.asp __________________ Compare NOD32 to your current antivirus and anti-spyware solution, HERE How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista How to back up and restore the registry in Windows 98/ ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 I DO NOT ACCEPT EMAILS AND WILL NOT REPLY TO THEM !!!!! TSF DOES NOT SUPPORT ASSISTANCE THROUGH EMAIL OR PRIVATE MESSAGES, PLEASE KEEP ALL QUESTIONS IN THE OPEN FORUM *The Pittsburgh Steelers - 6 X Superbowl Champions !!!!!!!* LETS GO PENS !!