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bassmasta
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well, if you look for my thread about internet troubles, you will understand how this started. neway, in the end i decided just to reinstall vista. it's not the first time i've done it, so i didn't see a problem. at completing install, i get a bsod, but it's too quick for me to see what the problem is. i tried to start windows, but it said that windows wont install if it restarts during install. so, i tried 3 more times.... now i was pissed. i tried both my shiny new dvd burner drive, and the original one. i drove to my brothers house and stole his pc while he was at work. im gonna return it. so, i took the hard drive out of his pc, which is the same model as mine, and put it in my pc, and took out the old one. i tried to boot into the xp that was on the drive, but when i did, it didn't find my mouse or keyboard. i assume it would have found drivers for it if i could get past the damn log in screen. well, i format the drive and try to install vista. same problem, except this time i caught a glimpse of the problem. the bsod was either irq not less or equal, or irql not less or equal. well, ive gotten irql when my memory was unstable, although i know that technically it means driver error, which makes sense because it always kills the ati driver. so, i go to my bios and hit the default values button. didn't help. ok, so i thought i'd try and install xp on either drive. both had the same problem. so, in all my intelligence, i put his hardrive back to make sure he could at least boot. it worked untill it asked for os. then i tried mine. the post would just stop before the last line and either sit there, waiting for me to press delete or f8, and still not work then, or it would just freeze..... now these are exactly the same model harddrive. well, i thought that i would try to install vista on his harddrive through his pc, and just tell him that his harddrive died. well, when it gets to the boot screen, i pick vista cd. what i get is my big-ass low-quality mouse, and a backroud that looks like the sky and the ocean are trying to make horrible, pixelated babies. then nothing ever loads. so, as i dont really care about installing xp on his machine again, i didnt try. it will be about two and a half hours before i'm at home again. as it is, im typing this in our janitor's room, because hes the only other guy w/ a pc here that i out-rank. when i get home, i will stop by my mothers house and borrow her laptop so that i can check in on your brilliant solutions btw, please help, because this is a ps2 keyboard... actually... from a playstation 2... and every period you see had to be an m, ,, /, or l before i deleted it and made it into a period. and a 200 dpli laser mouse, also from a playstation. his pc in a compaq. please help