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Blue Screen of Death; a Windows fatal system error, e.g. "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down" or "Your PC ran into a problem". Mention the specific error code and all information on the screen in your question.

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Windows 8 CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

I've been getting blue screens for several days now, only new thing I did was install a hard drive. I'll be doing anything, browsing the web, etc. and I get a blue screen, that says ...
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Is there any solution to Process1_Initialization_Failed on Windows 7?

I have a BSOD problem that I cannot repair. I would be so grateful if someone could provide a solution. I have Windows 7 OS installed on the computer. The stop error message resembles the following: ...
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How to convert full crash dump to mini dump

I have a Windows 7 BSOD crash dump of almost 900 mb, and I would like to produce a mini dump from it. Is there a tool for that?
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Computer Shuts Down, BSOD, Aggravation

---BOUNTY & EDIT--- Ok, here is the latest update, and attached a bounty! So I ran all of my ram sticks 1 at a time for around 24 hours each. None of them caused a BSOD. I ran test on all of ...
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“DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE” on Windows 10

I've been prompted with BSoD, at seemingly random times, with the above error. This is off a fresh install of Windows 10 (2 times in fact) on a new hard drive. This is my model: https://docs.sony.com/...
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Windows 8.1 RTM BSOD with fault "Critical Structure Corruption"

I recently upgraded from Windows 8 Enterprise x64 (US English) to Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (RTM, US English) on my lab workstation. It worked mostly fine for the last few days (since the upgrade), but this ...
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What is DPC Watchdog?

OK, so DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION is a common Error code after a BSOD. I'd like to know - What is a DPC Watchdog? I mean, what is meant by that? What does it do in the Windows system? And how does it ...
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Windows 7 likes to crash on me about every week

I have Windows 7 Pro 64-bit edition and it seems like every week I get a blue screen since it crashed for some reason. I have no clue what is causing this. I have 4 gigs of RAM with 2 of them not ...
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How to fix MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY BSOD on Windows 10

So after 3 years of using a fresh install of Windows 7 x64, I've to upgrade to Windows 10 because of job reasons. I downloaded the latest Windows 10 Pro build image (1803) from Microsoft and used ...
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What does the error code "1000008e" mean?

My computer keeps restarting and crashes with a blue screen. It gives me the following error code: BCCode: 1000008e BCP1: C0000005 BCP2: 9A245607 BCP3: AB3326EC BCP4: 00000000 OS Version: 6_1_7601 ...
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Why does unplugging my thumb drive result in a blue screen?

When I unplug my thumb drive, Windows XP Pro almost immediately BSODs. How can I stop this? It happens whether I use "safely remove" or not, and will happen with other USB drives as well.
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Windows 10 installation gives "page fault in nonpaged area."

I own an original Windows 7 OS, and downloaded the update for Windows 10. After installation of files comes the installation of drivers and related files. The computer then reboots into Windows 10 ...
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BSODs and Prime95 failures

My computer is notoriously unstable. It blue screens all the time. I'm running Windows 7. Here's what's in the box: Intel Core i7 920 (Stock cooler, not overclocked) Gigabyte EX58-UD3R motherboard ...
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Windows 7 occasionally crashes with bugcheck code 0x124

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 32-bit on my Acer Aspire 4520 notebook. Whenever I am installing software, surfing the internet or watching a video online, the system occasionally crashes with ...
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Installing a driver's INF file?

I've been fixing a friends computer which had all manner of things wrong with it, so I just wiped the whole thing and reinstalled Windows 7 (with the debugged service pack update). Everything was ...
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Windows 10 clean install – Error 0x80300024

A friend has a laptop with brand new Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD and 2 TB HDD. He told me that he installed Windows 10, which was running fine, but discovered that it was 32-bit & "tried a few ...
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New computer can't run Linux, but runs Windows with no problems

I have a brand-new gaming laptop which crashes every time I run Linux. If I run Linux natively, it completely freezes (including the mouse cursor) after a seemingly random period. If I run Linux in ...
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Windows XP - Blue Screen

I have a Dell Latitude D810 I found in our IT storage in basement (computer graveyard) that I was going to use for parts, specifically the keyboard. When I found it, it had a note on it "Blue Screen, ...
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Windows 7 x64 blue screen of death

I've been running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my HP EliteBook 8530w for a few months now, and during that time, it has blue-screen-of-deathed three times. This time, I was able to snap a pic with my ...
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Make GRUB 2 boot Windows 8 safe mode

I have a dual boot configuration: Windows 8 Consumer and Ubuntu 11.10. I tried to install the Asus drivers for my motherboard (P8Z68-V LE EFI) in windows 8, and i now get bluescreens when starting ...
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ACPI_BIOS_ERROR with Windows 10 Installation Media

I have been experiencing some issues on Arch such as the WiFi part of RTL8723BS not working, and the power button not working. I have narrowed it down to the BIOS, so I am trying to flash it. ...
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Getting a STOP error on Vista boot (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA)

I'm trying to boot into a Vista 64 bit machine and during startup, right after the progress bar starts scrolling back and forth, it BSOD's with a STOP error 0x00000050 (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA). ...
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Pixelated screen followed by hard crash

Bit of a tricky one as I am troubleshooting this from range but was hoping for some opinions from everyone here. Sisters computer is on the fritz. It is a recent build of a core i3, 4 GB Corsair RAM,...
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Driver Power State Failure BSOD Installing Windows 10

I'm trying to do a fresh install of windows 10 on an Acer Aspire R3 Laptop from a usb key. I can get right through the installation until it asks you for a wifi connection, and then for privacy ...
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Unable to install Windows XP : Blue screen error pops up before "Starting Windows Setup"

I got caught up in a strange problem. It's really annoying me. I'm writing this by logging into ultimate boot cd. Strange because, it never happened before. Just about a week ago I installed and it ...
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I'm Using disk2vhd and virtualbox. How do I disable Windows XP IDE checks so that it starts up without an IDE related BSOD?

I am setting up a virtual machine to host a Windows XP environment with specific legacy software to replace a customer's broken Dell MTC2 desktop. I used Disk2vhd to generate a VHD from the customer's ...
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BSOD During Windows 7 Install

I current have a working XP partition a Dell XPS m1330 laptop along with a working Ubuntu partition. After launching the Windows 7 install DVD from within XP I run through the options for a custom ...
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Starting my kernel driver (StartService) results in 0x124 bluescreen due to a machine check exception due to L2 cache bank 6 error on processor 0

When I start my driver manually using StartService, or other means, or when it's loaded by the system automatically when set to auto_start causes a bluescreen before DriverEntry is reached. Microsoft (...
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BSOD after Creator's Update

The other day I had to restart my Windows 10 Home PC, and the Start menu restart button said "Update and restart" (like this). I suspect this was the Creator's Update because I've been pushing it off, ...
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New 2x8GB RAM kit causing BSoD, works fine when older 4GB RAM installed with it

I've been trying to diagnose this problem for a couple of days now. I've narrowed some things down. Issue Summary Previously, I had a 2x4GB DDR3-1600 MHz kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) running in dual ...
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Minidump folder cannot be found

Although I have enabled the creation of minidump files in my system, it appears that either Windows doesn't create them where the Startup and recovery dialog points to (%SystemRoot%\Minidump) or at ...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in Windows when booting from USB

I have installed Windows on a removable USB drive, but whenever I try to boot from it, it bluescreens with an error code of INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. Why does this happen, and how can I make it boot ...
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Why does connecting my iPhone to iTunes causes my Acer laptop to crash?

I have an Acer Travelmate 8200 laptop and whenever I connect my iPhone to it, it crashes with a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death). I have figured out that if I delete all the pictures in my phone I can get ...
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How to resolve 0xc000021a (STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATE)

I am having a huge problem that my windows 7 is not loading. I had uninstalled my bluetooth driver and then tried to reinstall it. The problem started then that all the folders from libraries ...
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Windows BSOD when all cpu cores enabled

I'm getting a blue screen "A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval", just a few seconds after the Windows desktop is loaded. (For ...
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Windows XP Blue-Screens And Reboots Instantly On Boot-Up

My computer was running perfectly until yesterday; my internet suddenly died. Being wireless, I decided to reboot; now the computer doesn't boot. It shows the "Starting Windows" screen (safe mode ...
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Why unrelated files get corrupted after a blue screen of death caused by audio drivers?

Yesterday while hibernating my Windows 7 computer, I got BSOD which complained about Creative sound card driver (ctoss2k.sys). I have been using this system for two years already and I haven't had any ...
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Attempting to install the Intel USB 3.0 drivers results in BSOD

I have everything installed from the motherboard disk except for the Intel USB 3.0 drivers. When I tried to install those drivers, I would get the BSOD. To clarify, the BSOD would appear right after ...
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help! striped raid causing bsod!

This links to my previous question. I've been running my machine (mobo is XFX 790i Ultra Sli) off a raid 0 for a couple of years now with two Samsung f1 1tb drives with no problems. I've also been ...
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Interference When Installing Windows XP

I had several problems on my old pc, so I decided to reinstall Windows XP. The problem is, when it copies the files, I get a lot of errors with Windows XP setup cannot copy file, so I ignore all of ...
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Nvidia GeForce Graphics Card Blue Screen of Death crash

For the last couple of months, I get sudden crashes while watching a video. It usually happens when I am skipping parts in a video - then my PC gets stuck, and after few seconds I get this popup ...
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Lost all data on Windows XP after blue screen

I got a blue screen and was trying to boot with my OS disk. Frankly, I was unsure exactly how to do this. I was trying everything and booted in partition mode. Finally, I booted with disk and ran ...
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Windows 10 unconditional startup BSOD; can't read file system(?)

Mostly irrelevant(?) backstory My Windows 10 laptop was working fine before its bimonthly restart. I had closed most programs, except Firefox, an hour or two before shutdown /s /t 00. There was a ...
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What is causing this ntoskrnl.exe BSOD?

I keep getting a BSOD on Windows 10 on an almost daily basis at completely random moments. The stop code is usually PFN_LIST_CORRUPT, but looking at the last couple of minidumps I see both "...
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Repeated BSODs (0x7A) while Win 7 is running

I repeatedly encounter BSODs with this error code: 0x7A - KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR My computer is running Windows 7 (all the latest updates and service packs installed). I already looked up the ...
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Is there any way to find which app was being when a windows 10 system crashed via blue screen of death?

Since I would like to access which data was lost, I would like to see which app was open when the BSoD happened. The system in concern is a Windows 10. I have a WinDbg preview. After running the ...
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Frequent BSOD on laptop

I recently bought a laptop Lenovo G700, for a while it worked fine, but about a month ago it started having problems. Laptop has become BSOD issue with the code CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I reinstalled ...
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I am getting a BSOD erro IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL [closed]

I am getting IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Error Please tell the cause and resolution of same.Here's the link to dump file https://www.dropbox.com/s/bue4uqxxkrn7dy6/Mini122113-01.dmp.. thANKS
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Several BSODs, different STOP codes, can't identify the source

I'm having constant bsods on my desktop. These are from the past week. Why are they so inconsistent? I have no idea how to figure out what's wrong. Here is a screenshot from BlueScreenView: View ...
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USB devices not detected unless clicked on scan for hard changes in device manager after enabling Virtual Machine Platform or Hyper-V in Windows 10

CPU - AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (SVM is enabled) Windows - Version 2004 (OS Build 19041.264) USB Devices tried to connect - External Hard Disk, Pen Drives (All are USB3.0 ports) Other Issues: When I manually ...
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