Blue Screen of Death - Do mention the error code or something from it if you can spot it before the restart
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PC Blue Screens and then instantly reboots. How do I stop this or find the error later?
I've started getting random blue screens from my (admittedly aged PC). Unfortunately it reboots straight away so I don't get chance to read the error. It's been happening when browsing Stack Overflow ...
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How to fix UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME (0x000000ED) on my Windows XP DELL laptop?
I have a Dell Latitude D410. Running Windows XP. I am receiving the STOP: 0x000000ED (0X899CF030,0XC0000185,0X00000000,0X00000000) Blue screen.
Initially, I tried everything specified with the ...
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How to diagnose Blue Screens in Windows 7 (64bit)
Using programs like WhoCrashed and BlueScreenView you can see the BSOD and the errors but how do you tell exactly what's causing the BSOD?
I'm not sure if it because of bad hardware, bad driver ...
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Any advice on what to do when getting a cryptic blue screen in windows?
What are some steps that you usually take? Are there any good ways of finding out what they mean etc.?
For example I have gotten these ones where it pretty much only says "IRQ less or equal to" (or ...
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How to get more info out of the uninformative Windows 8 BSOD?
Windows 8's Blue Screen of Death is different from the previous Windows versions' one:
In order to find out what caused the problem you need to write down or remember the search term it presents ...
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How to install RAID drivers on already installed Windows 7?
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate
6GB RAM
Intel i7 920
Intel X25-M SSD 80GB 2,5"
Club 3D Radeon HD5750
GA-EX58-UD4P Motherboard
I've been running fine with Windows 7 installed on the SSD. I wanted to ...
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what is the solution for blue screen error (BSOD)?
on my desktop, I have BSODs frequently on Windows Vista and 7, with new error code every time
I need to know what cause it and how to solve this error.
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Laptop overheats, BSOD, turns off when playing games
Recently, my year-old laptop began BSODing, turning off unexpectedly and heating up very fast when playing games. This is regardless of the integrated graphics or the add-on NVidia graphics used.
My ...
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How can I boot XP after receiving stop error 0x000000ED? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix “Unmountable Boot Volume”?
I read somewhere that the Ultimate Boot CD can diagnose computer problems. In this case would this program help me ...
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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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Windows 7 64bit STOP Error Code 0x000000F4
I got a BSOD when my computer was almost idle (only utorrent was running) with stop error code 0x000000F4.
Also at the blue screen it got stuck at the 2nd step (don't remember what it says) and as a ...
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BSOD in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, 2 x 2GB DDR3 RAM, Intel Core i5 2.8Ghz, M.B. Intel DH55HC series machine which gives me the following BSOD. The BSOD comes up randomly for no apparent observable ...
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BSOD trying to migrate Windows XP from a physical to a virtual machine
I am attempting to migrate a Windows XP Home installation from a physical machine to a virtual machine. The physical machine has two hard disks; the first is 250GB containing the "C:", the second is ...
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Tracking down random BSOD on windows 7
I have gotten a computer running windows 7 handed to me that randomly, several times a day, bsods with a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) or WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124). Crashes happens regardless ...
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How to find the source of this BSOD? How to fix it?
I occasionally (always at the least convenient moment...) receive this BSOD on my Windows 7 desktop PC:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
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8400GS causes BSOD in Acer M1610 running Windows 7 32-bit
Title says it all, just installed the Nvidia card, I know this is a driver related issue I just don't know how to fix it I cannot find a driver version that will work not even the one that windows ...
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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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c000021a BSOD on Windows 7 boot
I guess I can't since I'm getting the error message:
The version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with this version of Windows you're trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that ...
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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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How do I resolve BSOD: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA?
I have been trouble shooting this for a few days and cannot fix this anyhow.
Computer specifications
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: ...
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Copying files from and to HDD crashes PC with BSOD
When I copy files to a particular HDD i receive a BSOD. The screen tells me it's creating a memory dump them restarts the machine. When browsing on the same drive, the PC often becomes unresponsive ...
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Disable “Auto Restart after BSOD” from Command Line
I just did a major system upgrade (CPU, MB, RAM). The old HD doesn't like my new equipment (which resulted in a BSOD). I feel like I could fix the issue if I knew how to disable the auto-restart.
How ...
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Windows 7 BSOD Crashes
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 64 doing a clean install from Vista 64 and ever since I keep getting random blue screen crashes. I have the feeling it's caused by my video card but everything has the ...
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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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I keep getting the BSOD. how do I trace what application / driver is causing it?
I get a APC_INDEX_MISMATCH error and it says it is dumping memory.
Where is the dump sent?
More importantly how do i scan it to find out who is causing the BSOD?
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BSOD on Vista laptop(safe mode works)— thoughts and approaches?
I have a 18 month old Dell laptop that has always treated me well. Last night, as I was in the middle of typing a gmail to someone, I got a BSOD. I don't have the exact message in front of me but it ...
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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 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 reference, ...
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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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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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How to cause a BSOD on Windows XP and newer versions?
Is there a way to programmatically cause a BSOD on Windows XP and newer versions? How?
BTW just to clarify, this is not for malicious purposes. The client requested to be able to shut down/reboot a ...
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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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BSOD in win32.sys when using Google Chrome
Every so often I get a BSOD with an error in win32.sys when using Google Chrome. It's usually immediately after the PC boots, but not always, and only ever happens with Chrome and not any other ...
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What can cause a BSOD
I keep getting a blue screen of death (memory parity check error) when trying to watch the olympics online at ctv.ca (silverlight player). I can watch for max 10mins then it goes down.
So to diagnose ...
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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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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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Windows 7 - computer restarts every 1 hour and say “Boot device not found”
Since yesterday, my computer hangs and restarts automatically approx every 1 hour approximately. Also occasionally, the system does not boot and fails with the error "boot device not found".
I don't ...
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PC: Quick Freeze, then BSOD, then forced reboot, then freezes again
Lately I have been experiencing a weird issue. My PC will hang for a second and then BSOD - it stays there, so I have to reboot. Once Windows starts again and I'm logged in, after 1-10min it freezes ...
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Windows XP fails to start, and, while trying to reinstall it, installation says “hard drive is corrupt”, but I don't think it is
A few weeks ago my Windows XP installation began showing the 'blue screen of death' during normal use, then restarting. That went on until it failed to start completely, even in safe mode. I thought ...
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Weirdness after Windows operating system reinstall
I have reinstalled my OS succesfully. I have turned off and restarted a few times and it was fine. A few hours later, when I turned it on, there was an error on the screen:
Windows could not start ...
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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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My PC's Windows 8 partition got destroyed. How can I fix it?
I had a nice setup with my desktop PC running Windows 8. It had been running fine since the first or second of this month - when I installed it.
But after attaching my laptop's HDD with a SATA cable ...
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Finding and fixing Blue Screens of Death (BSOD) on a damaged operating system from another OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Last night I got a rootkit in my Windows 7. I think it's the gromozon rootkit (I'm not sure). After ...
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Diagnosing BSOD hardware issues
I own, an about a year old, rig which carries quite the punch. And for a year, I was happy. Not that long ago things began to crumble.
I first detected the problems running my dual monitor setup. For ...
