Managing That Terrible Moment When The “Blue Screen Of Death” Appears

It’s happened to all of us when everything stops on our computer and falls to the blue screen of death. This moment is terrifying for any computer owner and can seem impossible to solve. Thankfully, managing this terrible moment is not as hard as you might think. You can diagnose the causes of this problem and even solve them on your own.

The Causes Of The Blue Screen Of Death

Hardware problems usually cause the blue screen of death, such as processor problems and display driver concerns. Typically the blue screen of death will indicate to you what caused the problem and create a “minidump” file about the crash that is saved to your desktop before your computer restarts.

Check out this post to get an idea of what caused the blue screen of death. The problem may be hard to understand because of the technical terms used, but solving the problem is typically as easy as running a few simple diagnostic tests.

Fixing The Blue Screen Of Death

There are a few different ways that you can identify the causes of the blue screen of death and ways in which you can fix them, including:

• Identifying new hardware or programs that might have caused the problem and uninstalling them if necessary
• Undoing the change you made just before the blue screen of death appeared
• Freeing up hard drive room to prevent data corruption or an inability to run
• Scan for and remove viruses that might impact your hardware and software
• Install all new updates and drivers for your hardware
• Restore your BIOS settings to the default level to eliminate any errors

There are many other ways of fixing the blue screen of death, but most of these are too technical to implement on your own. If you’re having a hard time eliminating the blue screen of death from your computer and need help, please contact us today.