Questions tagged [minidumps]
Compact memory dumps generated by Windows when the system or an application crashes, which can be used to diagnose these crashes.
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BSOD Kernel Mode Heap Corruption after failure to display
I attempted to turn on my PC from hibernate and the display would not turn on, which has happened once before a few weeks ago. I was forced to hard reboot, and it ran with no problems for a few hours. ...
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How to check if .hdmp file was sent to Microsoft (WER)?
How can one tell if a .hdmp file (or other dumps) has been sent to Microsoft as part of WER (Windows Error Reporting) on Windows 10?
My understanding is that when an application crashes and/or becomes ...
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Can someone help explain to me this Windows 11 minidump error information (via WinDbg)?
My W11 machine has started crashing recently. So yes, something "recently installed" has caused it. I'm not sure what though.
I have a mini dump of the most recent crash. Trying to use ...
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Driver BSODs (Minidump inside)
I have been attempting to troubleshoots some BSODs on an older machine running Windows 7. It first generated a corrupted dump that only gave me the following info:
DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL (c5)
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Internal Power Error
From time to time my 1st attempt to turn on my PC fails (the motherboard manufacturer logo is displayed and then immediately PC shuts down). Every attempt after that is always successful.
Here is the ...
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Completely disable running WerFault.exe upon application crash
I have a simple test scenario, where the application crashes, but I am not interested in obtaining/analyzing the crash dump, but also speed is a concern.
For this reason I have tried various ways to ...
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Minidump - viewing content of memory address
I have a Windows 10 minidump with this opening text (viewed in WinDbg):
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (1e)
This is a very common BugCheck. Usually the exception address pinpoints
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Experienced multiple BSOD's in the past 4 days and I can't seem to fix it
My PC is running Windows 10.
I have
updated all my drivers
did SFC
and DISM (which would sometimes repair corrupt files)
reset my Windows but kept personal files
ran Memory Diagnostics Tool with 1 ...
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can someone analyze this minidump for me
i need someone to analyze this minidump with windbg ,because i don't the windows driver kit, plus i've been getting alot of bsods with the same error code in random times, also its a fresh and new ...
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Where does windows stores the dump file if my application crashes?
Does windows creates a dump file (by default) if my application crashes?
If yes what is the path where it gets created?
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How do I fix a system crash with WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR?
I'm getting a random WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. Either happens when gaming, streaming and even when computer is idling. It doesn't seem to happen at a specific task.
I had the CPU replaced as well as ...
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What could cause BSOD to stuck at 0% resulting no memory dump?
Hardware diagnosis:
Prime95: Passed
FurMark: Passed
Memtest86: Passed
Chkdsk: passed
Software diagnosis:
sfc: passed and
DISM: passed
Steam game file verily: passed
Occurrence of BSOD:
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Stop Windows 7 from creating .mdmp files in local folders
I'm still using Windows 7 and about a month ago I made a reinstall. Since then, some programs (mainly games from Steam) start creating many .mdmp files in the folder where the executable resides. ...
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Using Windbg to find the CPU core number which a faulting thread ran on?
I've been given a 20 core CPU with an intermittent fault on some core. Allegedly it's confirmed by Intel but no further details and not replaceable under warranty, or so Im told (I can't check now). ...
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How to force dump on crash-restart?
My application crashes and force-restarts the computer, but no crash dump files are generated with several configurations; how can I get the system to generate a crash file in this case (or anything ...
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What's the cause for these 2 hardware faults? [duplicate]
I've got 2 hardware faults located inside Control Panel\System and Security\Security and Maintenance\Problem Reports, and I'm hoping someone here could help shine some light on what's possibly causing ...
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No Minidumps in folder
I'm getting a Memory_Management BSOD and its getting annoying. I'm 90% sure that my settings are correct for mini dumps but I'm not getting any.
Settings:
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How to identify root cause from MINIDUMP? WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT?
My computer keeps restarting on its own randomly, and sometimes when wake it up, the screen is all pixels so I suspect I have an issue related to my graphics card.
I'm new to *.dmp debugging, and I'...
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Is my BSOD related to SSD or memory?
So I've been having a TON of BSOD's lately, and finally have been able to get dump files to save when my PC crashes. Previously, the system restarted too fast for me to read the stop code, and would ...
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Externally enable minidump creation in Windows
I'm still in the process of fixing this problem, and user Moab suggested analyzing the dump file created during the BSOD.
I can boot into Hiren's BootCD PE, hoping I would be able to find dump files ...
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Content LiveKernel Minidump / GUI
I ve just noticed that WER (Windows Error Reporting) creates a lot of small mindiumps (about 300kb) even without getting a BSOD. Recent crashes were only caused by my graphics driver. As the mindumps ...
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Computer BSODs ONLY when launching Overwatch
Okay so i posted about this on the OW forums, though it seems like no one there cares. So im posting here just in case its a hardware problem and not an overwatch problem since i seem to be an ...
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BSOD Driver_Power_State_Failure minidump
Every so often I get BSODs due to Driver Power State Failure. I've tried the conventional wisdom of reinstalling corrupt drivers in Safe Mode w/ Networking, but to no avail. I saved a minidump of the ...
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Need ideas for diagnosing/fixing spontaneous hard resets
I have a problem that lasts for nearly half a year. PC hard-resets straight to BIOS POST (without BSOD) from time to time. PC isn't overclocked (at least intentionally). It doesn't look like it's ...
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Identify the cause of BSOD from a minidump file [duplicate]
I have the following information in the Windows minidump file:
Debugging Details:
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TRIAGER: Could not open triage file : e:\dump_analysis\program\triage\modclass.ini, error 2
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Windows 10 - No Minidump created after crash
I am struggling pc crashed that show up as a Kernel Power Error ID:41.
I if want to take a look to see if there is a Minidump with detailed info I see that there is no Minidump created.
I already ...
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Diagnosing W10 BSOD (CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED) without a dump
I've been getting BSODs (CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED) on one of my Windows 10 machines on a "regular" schedule of about once in 15 days. One of the problems I face in diagnosing this is that there are no ...
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MiniDump folder is empty after BlueScreen crashes
Lately, I am having multiple Bluescreen crashes and freezings daily. To find out the cause I tried to use the program BlueScreenView from Nir Sofer.
Unfortunately, the directory "C:\Windows\MiniDump" ...
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How to disable the system drive paging file completely and still get dumps
Windows 7 Ultimate
I've been using the minimum paging file size on my system drive needed for mini dumps, but I have found that some things, like Hulu and YouTube caching still use it ALOT and it ...
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Want to figure out BSOD, but there is no dump file or entry in system log file
I recently got a Blue Screen of Death on my Windows 10 laptop. I took a photo of the QR code, but it took me to a generic and useless Microsoft web page. My QR code app only keeps a history of the ...
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Isolating cause of 0x124 WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR consistently at address ntoskrnl.exe+4b314c
I have a Windows 7 64-bit machine that's freezing up roughly once a month. The last five minidumps all indicate "Caused by address" ntoskrnl.exe+4b314c, and I'm trying to figure out who owns (or is ...
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Driver Power State Failure BSOD
I've had quite a few BSODs on this almost-one-year-old Windows 8.1 Asus laptop. I thought it was my Nvidia driver's fault, but apparently not, though when I reverted to an older version, no BSOD ...
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Can anyone help me with these minidumps?
Since the Windows 10 Anniversary update my WIFI keeps going into limited connectivity and loosing all networks at the same time. Disabling/enabling the card from device manager allows me to use it 5-...
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What is the easy way to start memory dump analysis?
Can anyone help me to know what all skills are required before one can start analysing Windows memory dump.
Any reference on where to start would be appreciated (Beginners level)
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Can anyone that knows how to analyze crash/dump files help me figure out what is crashing my pc?
I recently built a desktop pc with windows 10 64-bit and everything works fine except for playing certain games. I can play some games like diablo 3 for hours with no problems but other games like ...
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What to do when Windows can't get the BSOD crash dump?
So I'm running windows 10 on a Toshiba Satellite P50t-B10T laptop and getting the infamous DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION error. The usual procedure seems to be to take the memory dump and analyze it to see ...
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Minidumps not generated after a bluescreen in Win8.1
Lenovo Flex 2-14, windows 8.1 64bit, 4GB RAM, 8SSD-500HDD. All software setup from factory.
The laptop freezes randomly without any pattern and BSOD.
The bluescreen says kernel_data_inpage_error ...
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Constant BSODs within the last three days on a Windows 8.1. Minidumps analyze needed
Recently, I started getting constant BSODs (such as BAD_POOL_HEADER, followed by DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER, and now SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION) while working on my own stuff (basic Microsoft Office ...
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2 years of memory corruption and BSOD... but no bad RAM?
Here is a link to my Dropbox folder where I'm adding memory dumps as they're produced. It's the same as the link provided below. Also, the newest edits are at the top of this post. https://www.dropbox....
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The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. Unknown reason
I have built my first rig after a while, everything works just fine, but the system randomly crashes (no BSOD, just restarts itself), and can't find the reason T_T. Here is the Minidump file
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Disable Procdump
I had an issue with a vendor product, then I had to run procdump to be able to narrow down the possible cause for this issue, now I need to disable it, is there any way to disable it without taking ...
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Windows reboot, possible BSOD
Hi I'm having some trouble with a computer that reboots. I haven't seen the bsod myself but user has said it bsoded butt every time when I've gotten to the computer it has already rebooted and is ...
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Still another “driver_power_state_failure” on Win8.1 (with DUMP)
Continuing from question Yet another "driver_power_state_failure" on Win8.1 (with DUMP)
I followed advices provided, upgrading Nvidia drivers and win8.1, but unfortunately I had another ...
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Yet another "driver_power_state_failure" on Win8.1 (with DUMP)
please bear with me if I post another question on this subject, but this is starting to kill me.
Full specs of my notebook are here: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/sJx43YcJyRtL5RkopHR5YbV
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My PC keeps crashing from a bugcheck
My PC keeps changing from a bug check and I am clueless as to what caused it. And I am not sure of how to use DBG.
I have attached a minidump to this post. Hopefully some kindhearted soul would be
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WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR even on fresh Windows 8.1
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Windows 8.1 Blank screen on boot, after System Restore gets bugcheck 0x124: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, argument 0x00: MCA error.
Possibly related earlier minidump (it won't generate ...
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What mechanism writes the dump files when a bluescreen occurs?
We are occasionally encountering a blue screen on certain Windows Server 2008 R2 systems. There is no dump file written.
Despite extensive analysis and corrections no dump file is generated (nor in ...
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Debugging a crash in Windows 8.1 File Explorer
Since upgrading to Windows 8.1, I've experienced frequent crashes of Windows Explorer. It will lock up for 10-30 seconds, then terminate and restart itself. It happens many times a day and I don't ...
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Recurring BSOD 0x139 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE in NETIO.SYS (bugcheck analyses within)
Problem description
I've been encountering some intermittent 0x139 KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE blue screens with first parameter 0x3 on my Windows 8.1 laptop, once every 20 minutes to an hour. ...
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Understanding Memory.dmp file drive failure
I have a desktop Windows 7 PC that keeps randomly rebooting, so I looked in the event log an there was lot of Critical kernel-power events followed by a bugcheck events.
The bugcheck event pointed ...
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