Every Windows user must have experienced the “blue screen of death error” at least once or twice in their life time.

1. RESOLUTION TIPS FOR FIXING BLUE
SCREEN OF DEATH ERROR
By David Rowe, Techability.com.au

2. KNOWING THE “BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH”
ERROR
 This phenomenon usually occurs when the normal
functioning of your computer is disturbed due to some
serious reason.
 It could be a software problem or a hardware
malfunction.
 But blue screen of death error is not something you can
discard as a trivial error, because unlike other errors, the
computer cannot recover from this on its own.
 It is a Windows stop error that requires your immediate
attention.

3. HERE ARE SOME RESOLUTION TIPS
 Unlike other errors, this error is displayed with an
error code defining the real cause of this error, if
you take a closer look at it.
 This error code should be usually mentioned in the
first few lines itself of the error.
 Some of the common error codes are
DIVIDE_BY_ZERO_ERROR, REGISTRY_ERROR,
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE, BAD_POOL_HE
ADER etc. that gives you a clear-cut clue to the root
cause of this error.

4. HERE ARE SOME RESOLUTION TIPS
 This error could have occurred due to any of the
recent operations that you have performed on your
computer, so just recall all of them at once.
 It could be a recent software update, hardware
install, code change, a windows update or
installation of new drivers.
 Just think if you have done anything new to your
computer – lately.

5. STILL UNRESOLVED?
 Though you are sure of the recent operations and
the error code, you still may not be able to find out
the real reason for this blue screen of death error.
 If that’s the case, you may need to do a series of
common checks on your system.

6. CHECK NO. 1 – CHECKING FOR SPACE
 One such check is to ensure that your computer’s
hard disk has the required minimum space.
 If not, remove all the unwanted programs or files
that are eating up valuable disk space.
 Always make sure that you leave ample free space
on your primary drive (usually the C drive) of the
hard disk.

7. CHECK NO. 2 – CHECKING FOR VIRUSES
 The presence of malicious viruses and spywares
can also give rise to the blue screen of death error.
 So make sure that you have a licensed copy of a
reputed anti-virus program installed on your
computer that can check for viruses even on the
boot sector, because, many of the viruses damage
the boot sector of the hard disk resulting in severe
errors and also rendering the hard disk non-
bootable.

8. CHECK NO. 3 – CHECKING THE OPERATING
SYSTEM
 Check whether you have installed a licensed copy of the
operating system on your computer.
 Without which your computer is exposed to all kinds of
major security vulnerabilities and problems.
 Because when a problem or vulnerability is detected by
the company they release the appropriate service packs
and patches for plugging it, which then gets
automatically installed on your system while you are
connected to the internet, thus preventing any
occurrence of severe malfunctions including the blue
screen of death error.

9. CHECK NO. 4 – CHECKING COMMON
PROBLEMS
 The common problems on your computer can also give
rise to errors including the blue screen error.
 So it is very important to check for such errors by going
to the respective menus or screens depending on your
operating system.
 For eg. In Windows 7, you need to go to “Control
Panel System and Security  Find and Fix Problems”
for troubleshooting the common problems.
 Likewise every operating system will have equivalent
menus to fix the general issues. You just need to refer to
the help file to find that out – it’s not that complicated.

10. CONCLUSION
 If you are still unable to resolve the blue screen of death error
despite following these steps, you might need the assistance
of a professional computer mechanic to fix it.
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Thanks,
David Rowe
About the author:
This presentation is from David Rowe, the owner of
Techability.com.au, that offers a range of IT services like
computer and laptop repairs, virus removal and data recovery.