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Beginners Guides: Crash Recovery & The Blue Screen of Death
Beginners Guides: Crash Recovery & The Blue Screen of Death - PCSTATS
PCSTATS lays out the ground rules to fixing the problems that can cause a Blue Screen of Death. Or, you can just reinstall your ENTIRE PC... it's your choice!
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Section D: Troubleshooting Intermittent Blue Screens or Crashes

Nothing is more maddening than a random crashing problem on your PC. Most of all because almost any type of hardware or software error could cause this behaviour.

The first step you can take to narrow the field down is booting in safe mode and trying to use the system normally (or as normally as you can in safe mode.) If the errors do not occur, it is likely to be software or drivers that are causing the problem. Refer to Section A in this Guide for advice on treating these issues.

If the errors occur randomly, even in safe mode, hardware issues are likely to blame. Consult Section B of this Guide for a list of steps to take. Also you should check that the processor heatsink fan is working correctly, and that your PC is not overheating.

The above procedures should help you troubleshoot and cure just about any PC bluescreen/crash problem. The range of possible issues is vast though, and there are almost certainly errors and solutions that aren't covered here. If you know of a common BSOD or crash related issue that isn't in this guide, please let PCSTATS.com know and we'll add it in.

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Contents of Article: PCSTATS
 Pg 1.  Beginners Guides: Crash Recovery & The Blue Screen of Death
 Pg 2.  Reading the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD)
 Pg 3.  Why Do BSOD's happen?
 Pg 4.  Basic troubleshooting for all BSOD errors
 Pg 5.  Section A: Troubleshooting Software & Driver stop messages
 Pg 6.  Fixing device drivers
 Pg 7.  Fixing software problems
 Pg 8.  Section B: Troubleshooting hardware and system file based BSODs
 Pg 9.  Section C: Troubleshooting Windows XP install BSODs
 Pg 10.  — Section D: Troubleshooting Intermittent Blue Screens or Crashes

 
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