windows 7 RC blue screen IRQL error

well...this time I got the IRQL error again, maybe the previous time was a bad burn lol.

I decided to try a clean install, so I wanted to increase the free space on one of my partitions using paragon partition manager but I get:

"File system has allocation errors due to cross linked files. Run OS built in tools for checking and correcting this kind of error."

I've tried chkdsk /r (including from command prompt on vista cd) but it doesn't find any problems. Is there any way of finding out exactly what files are cross-linked?

Zevin64, I'd suggest deleting/recreating the partition using your Win 7 media rather than just trying to increase the size of the partition. Sounds like you've got some corruption on the drive.

Ok, I bit the bullet and reformatted my partitions (after backing everything up of course). Did clean installs of Vista and Win 7(which I'm loving so far) I wish I wasn't so stubborn about upgrade vs clean install, lol clean install clearly has less problems overall.

Thank you Hammerhead786, and everyone else that responded.

You're most welcome. I'm glad that you've managed to get it sorted.

I'm getting the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error at the start of installing the 32bit RC (7100). My system is a Gigabyte 780g board with onboard 3200 video. I'm installing to an empty drive and have all peripherals detached. I'm going to try again shortly after i update the bios.

Zevin64 said:

I already have all my stuff up to date and I had tried disabling sound before. I reburned the disc and this time on the BSOD it wasn't an IRQL error but a problem with "afd.sys" Could anybody help me with how I could fix afd.sys?

Afd.sys is part of the winsock tcp stack in windows. its used in communications and if you have more information we could help you further.

Ken