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lately I've been having the same error when i try to install windows xp on both dell and compaq computers, after the drive is partitioned and formatted for ntfs the setup program stops with a a blue screen saying irql-not-less-than -or equal, as well as stop error something like 0x0, 0xa, 0x2, 0x4 then another longer address like 8efh45gcc or something of the sort, now i went to set up and turned off all caching, shadowing took out all cards except the vidieo card , checked the R.A.M , made sure there where no irq conficts, so my question is what else could it be?
Are these installs being done from the same copy of XP? Have you checked your XP CD to make sure it's not damaged?
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As suggested by davidis99 it has to be the source. It doesn't necesarily have to be the CD. It could happen that you have a CD Image of the OS, and even if you re-burn the image to CD, you would still be getting the errors.
If your sure it isn't the CD, perhaps you are using the same CDROM to install the OS. This is a long shot, but maybe you are using the same CDROM for many computers if your installing the OS on several computers on the same network.
If this always happens on many computers with several different Hardware Specs, then I am almost sure its your Source.
Cheers!
If your sure it isn't the CD, perhaps you are using the same CDROM to install the OS. This is a long shot, but maybe you are using the same CDROM for many computers if your installing the OS on several computers on the same network.
If this always happens on many computers with several different Hardware Specs, then I am almost sure its your Source.
Cheers!