Memory Dump – Blue Screen Of Death
Windows ‘blue screen of death’ is the term which started to get noticed during the time of Windows release starting from windows 95. The term ‘blue screen of death’ was used in the reviews of progress given to IBM Austin and this term described the screen best. It is found that every windows user will notice this problem at least once. This error was very frequent in windows operating systems and the possibilities of this error are more frequent to occur in the newer operating systems of windows.
The ‘blue screen of death’ or better said windows stop error occurs when it encounters an error and finds it difficult to recover from that. The screen stops and displays the diagnostic information on the screen. The newer versions of operating systems have the option to dump this diagnostic information in the form of a file to system’s memory which can be used for later analysis. This is also known as ‘physical memory dump’. There are various reasons which can cause the physical memory dump. Device drivers or software with errors can cause the stop errors regularly or at times when executed. Hardware removals or malfunction may stop the operating system from working properly. Sometimes there may be conflicts between some parts which do not go along together. A corrupt operating system can play an important role in throwing these kinds of errors. If there is a problem with the files of operating system or drivers then some troubleshooting has to be done to make windows run properly. Defective system memory, bad hard drive or overheating processor can also cause a windows stop error.
The ‘blue screen of death’ can be analyzed and doing it properly can help find a solution for the error. This annoying problem generally has four basic parts or sections. The actual error message is displayed in the first section. Windows modules which are already loaded in the memory are listed in the second section. Modules which were supposed to be loaded are displayed in the third section. Kernel debugger status is displayed in the fourth section.
However there is another reason why this blue screen appears that most people are not aware of. As today people are accessing more and more programs and surfing on the internet, the risk of this error increases. Refer to Blue screen of death to find out why it does actually happen.
By: Alexandre Frings