Re: Windows XP BSOD

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> He's read some other web forums and they had suggested running
chkdsk.
> He ran it first in "report-only" mode and it gave no
results, then in
> "check and fix" mode and the computer is now stuck in an
endless loop
> where it won't boot up. It sticks in chkdsk at "8% Stage 4 -
Verifying
> File Data". He's left it overnight and it never budges from this
> point.

Tim.



On 4/7/07, Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Most importantly - what did he do to break it?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Steve Morgan
> > Sent: 07 April 2007 22:34
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Windows XP BSOD
> >
> > Iastor.sys refers to the onboard Intel RAID controller.
> >
> > Absolutely no idea if it will help, but it might give you some
clues
> > where
> > to look.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Tim Hawes
> > Sent: 07 April 2007 18:50
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Windows XP BSOD
> >
> > I'm after a bit of help as my Dad has turned his PC into a
doorstop.
> > He's called the manufacturer but the call centre operators can't
help
> > (they either don't seem to want to listen to his problem and/or
think
> > they know what it is and "solve" something else).
> > It's a Dell Dimension 9150 with XP Pro, bought about October last
year.
> >
> > It started with a stop error on
"DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" with
> > the names file "iastor.sys" - the error is well
described here:
> > http://www.ydeologi.com/2006/04/26/dell-dimension-e510-iastorsys-
> > windows-xp-
> > blue-screen-error-stop-code-0x000000d1/
> >
> > Searching the Dell forums gave these instructions to fix it:
> >
> > Dell KB Document Number: 311881
> > http://support.euro.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/
> > docum
> >
ent?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&docid=20D0A093855D3F0AE0401E0A55170808&cs
> >
> > This Intel driver download link was contained in those
instructions:
> > ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/SATA/R130119.EXE
> > But after downloading the 16MB file and trying to run it, it gave
a
> > "your system does not meet the minimum requirements
error" and
> > stopped.
> >
> > Typing the asset tag into the tech support section of the Dell
site
> > yielded a few more "urgent" downloads, including an
Intel chipset
> > update, but this again gave the "your system does not meet
the minimum
> > requirements error" and stopped.
> >
> > He's read some other web forums and they had suggested running
chkdsk.
> > He ran it first in "report-only" mode and it gave no
results, then in
> > "check and fix" mode and the computer is now stuck in
an endless loop
> > where it won't boot up. It sticks in chkdsk at "8% Stage 4 -
Verifying
> > File Data". He's left it overnight and it never budges from
this
> > point.
> >
> > I'd thought we might get to a command prompt and maybe run fdisk
to
> > re-select the primary partition, but (a) I don't know if that'll
work,
> > and (b) we can't get to a command prompt...
> >
> > Can anyone advise what his next step might be? He has
re-installation
> > disks but would rather not re-install from scratch, even though
he's
> > got all his data backed-up.
> >
> > Thanks guys,
> >
> > Tim.
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