Blue Screen when attempting to Install Windows XP on laptop IRQL
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Dec 30, 2014 at 09:03 PM
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Jan 2, 2015 at 08:43 AM
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Jan 2, 2015 at 08:43 AM
Fixed the issue myself. Turns out the problem was a still fully installed working windows partition along with all my old files and documents on the hardrive, but a few files were corrupted which prevented it from booting properly or being fixable by the Windows XP disc.
The solution was downloading Xubuntu Linux and booting the PC into that. Within xubuntu, i was able to manually replace certain system restore files of my windows installation to get it working again. For exact instructions, simply google around for "use ubuntu to repair windows xp". There are a few well detailed results which could get any potentially unbootable (but previously bootable) system up-and-running again.
The solution was downloading Xubuntu Linux and booting the PC into that. Within xubuntu, i was able to manually replace certain system restore files of my windows installation to get it working again. For exact instructions, simply google around for "use ubuntu to repair windows xp". There are a few well detailed results which could get any potentially unbootable (but previously bootable) system up-and-running again.