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re: irql not less or equal (problem and solution found - in my case)
Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 11:51 am
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Posted by Stephane Giguere (1 messages posted)

For weeks I was unable to complete the Microsoft Defrag in Windows 2000. I had no other problems otherwise, unless I tried running defrag. When I did, the computer would start the defrag process, generate a blue screen of death (BSOD) and generate an error of DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL pointing to the IdeChnDr.sys as the source/culprit. I was unable to do anything from the built-in OS tools (Chkdsk quick and full were useless and never found anything). I also tried "O&O Defrag Professional", but it would start the analyze process, place an exclamation mark on my C drive, and would not proceed. When I got a chance to truly try troubleshooting this problem, I tried the Seagate SeaTools diagnostics. It found a bad sector on my hard drive. I let SeaTools attempt to fix it and work its magic. When completed, I went back to Windows 2000, tried the Microsoft Defrag and it worked fine, thankfully. The weird thing however, is that when trying again the "O&O Defrag Professional" defrag utility, it would again do the analyze process, yet would still place an exclamation mark on my C drive, and would never start the actual defrag process. Seagate SeaTools worked great for me.

On Sunday, June 15, 2003 at 4:49 pm, ALexander wrote:
>I have a problem with the IRQL. Everytime I try to start up the computer, the message
>pops up, before I'm even allowed to log on to XP. It says to restart in Safe mode
>to uninstal any anti-virus programs any defrag. programs. But everytime I try to
>start up in Safe mode...I get the same screen! I've been working on this for 5 hours
>straight and I have no idea on how to fix it!

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irql not less or equal (chris kelly: Wed, May 22, 2002, 4:23 pm)

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re: IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - Solution (John McKayhill: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 1:23 am)

I have found the solution (robert: Mon, Feb 23, 2004, 8:49 am)

re: I have found the solution (Bill: Tue, Feb 24, 2004, 7:24 pm)

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re: irql not less or equal TRIED IT ALL! (Wade Ammon: Wed, Jun 4, 2003, 12:13 pm)

re: irql not less or equal TRIED IT ALL! (chris kelly: Sat, Jun 7, 2003, 7:22 pm)

re: irql not less or equal TRIED IT ALL! (Wade Ammon: Mon, Jun 9, 2003, 9:42 am)

re: irql not less or equal TRIED IT ALL! (kboy: Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 3:17 am)

re: irql not less or equal TRIED IT ALL! (chris kelly: Sat, Jul 19, 2003, 11:09 am)

re: irql not less or equal (ALexander: Sun, Jun 15, 2003, 4:49 pm)

re: irql not less or equal (chris kelly: Tue, Jul 1, 2003, 2:08 pm)

IRQL_NOT_LESS_or_EQUAL (dan walker: Fri, Jul 4, 2003, 9:17 am)

re: irql not less or equal (problem and solution found - in my case) (Stephane Giguere: Sun, Oct 10, 2004, 11:51 am)

re: irql not less or equal (Don Helgeson: Sun, Jul 27, 2003, 6:56 pm)

re: irql not less or equal (chris kelly: Mon, Jul 28, 2003, 6:08 am)

re: irql not less or equal (Don Helgeson: Thu, Aug 7, 2003, 7:15 pm)

This is what SOLVED it for me. (Dimitri: Sat, Aug 2, 2003, 3:20 pm)

re: This is what SOLVED it for me. (Pip: Tue, Aug 5, 2003, 4:03 pm)

re: This is what SOLVED it for me. (Joan Of Arse: Thu, Aug 7, 2003, 10:30 pm)

re: This is what SOLVED it for me. (Pip: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 4:01 pm)

IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Eric Hayes: Sun, Aug 17, 2003, 2:20 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Pip: Wed, Aug 27, 2003, 4:36 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Eric Hayes: Fri, Aug 29, 2003, 4:37 am)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Bob: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 2:25 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (paiyao: Fri, Sep 26, 2003, 6:02 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (djpleasure: Tue, Oct 14, 2003, 11:29 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Jon H: Fri, Oct 31, 2003, 6:29 pm)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Josef M. Kraft: Sat, Nov 1, 2003, 12:20 am)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (bob barker: Sat, Dec 27, 2003, 2:10 am)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Hockey_Dad: Mon, Jan 5, 2004, 9:35 am)

re: IRQL Not Less Or Equal (Hugo: Sat, Jan 24, 2004, 9:34 am)

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