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WindowsXP won't load on new harddrive

Started by oldtimertech , Feb 23 2007 10:57 AM

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oldtimertech

Posted 23 February 2007 - 10:57 AM

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[font=Times New Roman][size=6] I purchased a Western Digital 30 gb Ultra ATA Hard drive to put in computer I have as a spare, but whenever I try to load WindowsXP on it, it ends up going to the IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL blue screen of death. Tried using the software that came with the new hard drive--no matter what I've done so far, XP won't load. :whistling:

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pip22

Posted 24 February 2007 - 01:47 AM

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That error is one which has many different causes. However, what worked for me is to go into the BIOS settings and look for the entry which says "Plug and Play OS", set it to "No". Save the changes and reboot.