Re: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL hdd problem
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:22:03 -0400
> "linybob" <linybob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BBC442A5-972D-48BD-AD42-5F0C0B794FCB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> My system -XP Pro, totally updated, has been experiencing stability
>> problems and has been locking up, especially when doing CPU intensive
>> activities like DVD rendering. I believe that the problem is due to the
>> CPU overheating, causing the system to shut down.
>>
>> While attempting to fix this problem with a new CPU cooler, I started up
>> the DVD rendering procedure that caused the system to shut down in order
>> to see if that hardware helped.
>>
>> Unfortunately my hardware fix did not work and the system froze up again.
>> But this time it would not come back up and I can not fix it. When I
>> power up, I get the XP splash screen followed by the BSOD, then back to
>> POST. I never get to the desktop. I tried using the XP Pro CD and chose
>> the repair option but it too went to the same BSOD.
>>
>> The error I am getting is:
>>
>> DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
>>
>> Stop: 0x00000D1
>>
>> viamraid.sys
>> address F75BA000
>> base at F75BA000
>> Date stamp 4063e384
>>
>> I am certain that the disk is corrupted - viamraid.sys is my disk driver
>> and I was doing disk writes at the time of the freeze up. Google searches
>> seem to point me in that direction and I believe it.
>>
>> Is there any way I can uncorrupt my disk now? I am willing to do ANYTHING
>> to resolve this. Should I buy another disk, install XP Pro and fix it
>> that way, somehow? Should I go to a disk recovery company? Should I call
>> Microsoft's phone help? The cost is not important now. I want my data
>> back. HELP!!!
"Bob Day" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMGSN%23pwFHA.720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 1. Download "Memtest86" from http://www.memtest86.com and run
> it for a few passes to check out your memory. Zero errors is the only
> acceptable result.
>
> 2. Try a repair install of Windows XP. See:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> -- Bob Day
> http://bobday.vze.com
linybob:
Bob Day's advice is fine, however, before undertaking a Repair install it
would be desirable if you could first connect your corrupted drive as a
second drive in a functioning system so as to access whatever data files you
need from that drive and copy same. I would guess that you don't have
available another booting drive containing the XP OS or have access to
another computer where you could install your defective drive so what I
suggest may not be feasible.
Hopefully the Repair install will work in that you'll have a bootable,
functioning hard drive once again. Our experience with that install has been
very positive in that it "works" in many situations. But when it doesn't, no
lasting damage is done to the drive in terms of further corruption or the
inability to access data files along the lines I described above. Usually.
But I must add that we have come across situations (rare as they might be)
where the Repair install process failed catastrophically in that the drive
became further corrupted and made it more difficult to subsequently retrieve
data. I emphasize that (in our experience) it has been such a *rare*
occurrence (maybe happened twice out of scores of Repair installs we've
made) so it's something I don't wish to unduly stress.
I don't suppose there's any need to give you a sermon on the crucial
importance of maintaining systematic backups, is there?
Anyway, good luck.
Anna
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