Bsods???!!!

[Heihachi]

Hey Yall,

Formatting a friends comp...

Deleted partition w/ winxp cd.... created partition...
formatted....

now.. while it was copying itself to load up.... it would get a BSOD....


Any clues?

Could it be a dying HDD?

the BSOD said to like try to disable caching stuff... i have no clue...

guys got any clues?

[OC]

Please be SPECIFIC with your error messages. Only then can the Jedi come to your aid. Thank you.

-OC

[Jeffbx]

To troubleshoot a BSOD -

Write down the first three lines on the screen. Then go to Microsoft's Knowledge Base (http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp) & start searching for keywords from those lines. Be sure to pick the proper OS from the dropdown box first!

[Heihachi]

Hehe.. sorry... was too lazy to write down was error message it says...

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0X000000A (0x0A270042,0x00000002,0x00000001,0x80800315

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installled hardware or software, Diasable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

I'm stumped

[Markel]

Did you look at Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A Error in Windows XP (Q314063) (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314063)?

[sumyundud]

set BIOS settings to default or
try updating your BIOS

[VileOFFender]

I agree with Markel, it must be either either a hardware or software problem....hehehe