fad3toblack
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So here's my problem. I had an eMachine for about 2 years , which ran fine (though obviously not very fast) until one day wherein before Windows loaded I recieved a screen which said that something was wrong with windows, and it gave me the option to start windows in Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Start Using Last Known Good Configuration, and two other options (can't remember what they were, this happened in January of this year). None of these options worked - Windows would never start, the computer would just show the Windows loading screen then restart - and I couldn't really figure out what to do.
Soon though, I had the insight to use my eMachine restore disk on my slave drive (40GB IDE), so I had Windows running on that computer. The 20GB IDE drive (the original master which no longer seemed to want to load Windows) was hooked up as a slave, and I could access everything from it.
However, several months ago I finally decided to build a computer, and since I didn't want to purchase a Windows XP OS disk, I just threw in the 40 GB HDD from the eMachine. So, I was back to the 20 GB HDD in the eMachine, which I wanted to get working for my mom to use, as it was our only computer before I built mine.
So I tried using the eMachine Windows Restore CD on that drive, since I had already copied all the important information onto the 40GB when they were both hooked up in the emachine. However, when I ran the restore, something happened - it said that it couldn't find two files (I'll look around for the Post-It note that I wrote it on, and If I miraculously find it I'll let you know) - and then I believe it went back to displaying that original error which it had always displayed. However, after this, I used a Windows XP Upgrade disk, borrowed from a friend, to attempt to run the repair utility on the HDD. However, this too failed (can't remember what it said, I can try again if it would help).
Then, after that, I started getting a new error screen! How exciting, huh??!?
When I start up, the eMachine screen is on (covering the start-up stuff), then Windows loads for several seconds, then - *poof* - BSOD:
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IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
Then a bunch of crap about new hardware and stuff
STOP 0xF97E3354, 0X000000FF, 0X00000001, 0X8050FD7F.
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I've looked around on the internet for solutions for this, but most do not fit the circumstances. All the hardware in there is the same as it had been for the last year, except that I installed a CD-RW about a week before it crashed in January and switched that along with that 40GB hdd into my new computer. But, I do not believe that that is why it crashed, as it ran fine for a week, and I also tried unplugging it when the computer first woulnd't load windows, but to no evail.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Soon though, I had the insight to use my eMachine restore disk on my slave drive (40GB IDE), so I had Windows running on that computer. The 20GB IDE drive (the original master which no longer seemed to want to load Windows) was hooked up as a slave, and I could access everything from it.
However, several months ago I finally decided to build a computer, and since I didn't want to purchase a Windows XP OS disk, I just threw in the 40 GB HDD from the eMachine. So, I was back to the 20 GB HDD in the eMachine, which I wanted to get working for my mom to use, as it was our only computer before I built mine.
So I tried using the eMachine Windows Restore CD on that drive, since I had already copied all the important information onto the 40GB when they were both hooked up in the emachine. However, when I ran the restore, something happened - it said that it couldn't find two files (I'll look around for the Post-It note that I wrote it on, and If I miraculously find it I'll let you know) - and then I believe it went back to displaying that original error which it had always displayed. However, after this, I used a Windows XP Upgrade disk, borrowed from a friend, to attempt to run the repair utility on the HDD. However, this too failed (can't remember what it said, I can try again if it would help).
Then, after that, I started getting a new error screen! How exciting, huh??!?
When I start up, the eMachine screen is on (covering the start-up stuff), then Windows loads for several seconds, then - *poof* - BSOD:
----------------------------------------------------------
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
Then a bunch of crap about new hardware and stuff
STOP 0xF97E3354, 0X000000FF, 0X00000001, 0X8050FD7F.
----------------------------------------------------------
I've looked around on the internet for solutions for this, but most do not fit the circumstances. All the hardware in there is the same as it had been for the last year, except that I installed a CD-RW about a week before it crashed in January and switched that along with that 40GB hdd into my new computer. But, I do not believe that that is why it crashed, as it ran fine for a week, and I also tried unplugging it when the computer first woulnd't load windows, but to no evail.
Any help would be much appreciated!