I have been getting random blue screen crashes over the last few weeks and didn't know how to solve them. I decided the best bet was to format the hard drive (having backed up all my data) and reinstall everything. Now as I boot up from CD, after XP has copied it's first few files across to set up, I get an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error I have looked it up on other forums, but my stop error number seems to be different to the one everyone else gets! I get: ***STOP: 0x0000000A (0x0114E28C, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x80814FFE Any ideas? I am completely stuck. I do have an old hard drive which I can boot up into windows if that is useful information for any good soul who may provide an answer. Here's hoping - many thanks

Usually a faulty memory module. Pull them one at a time and swap them until you no longer get the problem. Also google to memtest86.

Troubleshooting a Stop 0x0000000A Error in Windows XP IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL http://support.microsoft.com/defaul... http://sft-cyber.com/stoperrors.htm

Many things can cause that error, but one thing that can often cause it is an easy fix. I got that error when I installed a new ram module - not right away, but shortly after that. See response 2 in this - try cleaning the contacts on the modules, etc. http://www.computing.net/hardware/w... Doing that has also cleared up memory errors of ram that worked fine previously for me, many times.