I just reformatted and loaded windows xp on a new (used) laptop hard drive after having to replace the old one, and before the install is even done, i get the blue screen of death. The error code is: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR. Anyone know wtf that means?

10/24/2005 11:42:41 AM

hardware failure

memory/hardrive

10/24/2005 11:43:08 AM

hmm, memory perhaps...

Is it possible that the original hard drive never had a problem and it's the hard drive controller?

[Edited on October 24, 2005 at 12:04 PM. Reason : ]

10/24/2005 11:59:09 AM

download, and burn the Memtest86+ ISO from here http://www.memtest.org

Run that, and it'll tell you if you have any memory errors. Thats the #1 cause of bluescreens in my experience.

10/24/2005 1:07:32 PM

Ok, I did Memtest8+ and the memory is ok. Is there any similar tool I can use to check my hard drive media and configuration? It would need to boot from a CD because i don't have a floppy drive for this laptop.

11/23/2005 2:16:47 PM

when u formatted the HDD in NTFS, did u do quick or full?

11/23/2005 2:18:04 PM

search for ultimate boot disk

11/23/2005 2:59:23 PM

or hiren's boot CD

11/23/2005 4:45:54 PM

^^^i did a full format

[Edited on November 23, 2005 at 6:17 PM. Reason : ]

11/23/2005 6:14:04 PM

run hijackthis. check for malware.

11/23/2005 6:34:49 PM

^that's not going to matter if I reformated my whole drive

I downloaded ultimate boot disc, and I'm not sure what tests to run. They all have obscure names that don't make much sense...

11/25/2005 12:01:45 PM

run them all

11/25/2005 12:07:05 PM