Where are Blue Screen of Death events logged on Windows XP and how can I view the history of them?

Question

I got a Blue Screen Of Death on reboot.

Where are events like this logged on Windows XP and how can I view the history of the BSODs?

Answer 1

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer

Answer 2

BlueScreenView by Nirsoft

Answer 3

In Windows XP/2000/NT4, sort the System event log by the 'Source' heading. Look for an event source of SaveDump. In Vista/7/8 look for BugCheck. There will be a status code that you can look up, such as 0xC0000050. Change the C to a 0 before searching it on the web.

Answer 4

If the event log doesn't help (which it often doesn't for BSODs), and you're feeling adventurous, you can also set your system to automatically save a minidump of the crahs, and then use WinDBG to determine exactly what caused it. See http://elliottback.com/wp/how-to-analyze-windows-xp-bsod-minidump-files/ for an example

Answer 5

If you have your pc set to capture minidumps, you can try Who Crashed, it automates looking for some of the common causes of BSODs.

Answer 6

I am use BlueScreenView to analyse dump files.