IRQL error

[ianc3eee]

Hi,Laptop prob...i have the infamous IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL problem and get error report....stop OoooooooA....OX80896A76 oxoooooFF e.t.c. this happens when trying to use recovery disc.I have put in a new hd and cd writer.Also done a ram 86 test (no problems).Tried disabling caching etc in bios...I can run a mini ultimate pc boot disk but this doesn,t seem to help..I was wondering is it possible to put in my friends hd to see if it works or will help me fix the problem (i have toshiba model on xp ..his is windows vista on different model).Also could i put my hd into his laptop and load up my recovery disk from there?...If not how maybe flashing bios update might help..how can i do this with no boot...sorry for long winded question, any help desparetly appreciated....many thanks.

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

I have put in a new hd

Is this formatted? I don't think using recovery disks will provide the option to format and partition.

 

You can check by connecting it up to your friend's vista machine via USB adapter.

Let me know if you need more information here.

 

Also - it is not possible to swap hard drives over and expect them to boot. The Operating System basically recognises and looks for the motherboard that was present when the installation took place.

[ianc3eee]

Thanks for reply.Yes its formatted...i can run linux live and also boot up mini xp on ultimate pc engineer 2011 windows.

[KenB]

Was the recovery disk supplied with that specific machine ?