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XP Home SP2 boot problem

Asked by edx15 in Operating Systems Miscellaneous

Tags: driver_irql_not_less_than_or_equal

Windows XP Home SP2

I had used the system config utility to set boot.ini to boot to safe mode with networking.

I was downloading Cleanup4, high speed connection. The download process froze.
I closed IE using "task manager". start > shutdown > restart.

At restart, I received the black & white "unexpected shutdown" screen with "safe mode", "safe mode etc", "last known good " & normal mode.
Selecting "normal" causes reboot.
Selecting "safe mode" causes reboot.
Selecting "last known good .. " causes the PC to continue the boot process. After the splash screen, a BSOD appear for less time than I can measure. I have tried to stop the action using "pause / break", but I lack co-ordination.

I slaved the drive into a different PC [ running XP Pro SP2 ], & ran error checking. No errors were reported.

During boot, I pressed F8 which gave me the option to "disable automatic restart . . .", which displayed the stop message.  

Driver_IRQL_Not_less_than_or_equal
If this is the first time Yada yada yada
*** Stop:0x000000d1 (0x00000000,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x00000000)

Booting with the XP CD, repair > chkdsk /r > found & fixed errors.

Slaved drive into a different PC [ running XP Pro SP2 ], defrag > no problems.  

Scanned for viruses / spyware with Panda installed on different PC, no malware found.  

Slaved drive into a different PC [ running XP Pro SP2 ], I noticed no pagefile.sys .

Booting with the XP CD, repair > copy C:\boot.ini pagefile.sys   .  Now, I have C:\pagefile.sys  , 1KB in size.  

During boot, I pressed F8 which gave me the option to "disable automatic restart . . .", which displayed the stop message.
Stop:0x000000d1 (0x00000000,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x00000000)

I ran fdisk /mbr.

This is a Compaq Presario.  It has a hidden partition for system recovery.  F10 is supposed to be the key to access the OEM's system recovery, but the drive won't access the system recovery.  
I contacted Compaq tech support.  They have no useful suggestions.  

If I could offer > 500 points, I would do so.  

Thanks for your help.  

Edx15
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