Alright, about 4 days ago my Windows XP pro + SP1 machine started randomly crashing with the typical blue screen saying something about BIOS, hardware, and IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, the errors changed every time it would do it. Eventually, every time it would get past bios the entire system would restart. I tried reinstalling XPpro+sp1 from the bootleg Boot CD I was using, worked for about an hour then started to it again. Now whenever I try to boot from the CD it says
"Cannot Load setupdd.sys error code 7"
Also tried using an old XP home CD I found, same error. I took it to a local PC repair place and they said that XP has some built-in anti-piracy feature that sabatoges computers using pirated software, and said I would have to come back with a real XP CD if I wanted them to do anything. I think this is just some made up story to keep them out of liability for it.... I've never heard of such a "feature".
Should I go out and waste the $300 on a new XP pro CD or does anyone know a way I can fix this? I can get into BIOS but that's about it, after it tries to load from either of my HD's the computer restarts... I'm doubting it's a virus because I have norton corperate fully updated as well as spybot S&D....
Any help? Please? heh....
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