Often a "blue screen" appears on computers running the Windows operating system. This is the so-called "screen of death". It indicates that the operating system has crashed. The cause of BSODs can be either software or hardware failures. And users are confused by the very content of the text on the error screen. The matter is that the operating system can't diagnose the state of the computer itself. And it offers some variants of its own to solve the problem. It is possible to try them. But sometimes it can get no better. bsod
For instance, a BSOD has occurred because of a faulty memory. The user at the prompt of the OS performed a recovery of the operating system to a checkpoint. This, of course, did not solve the problem. At the same time all the settings were lost and most of the programs were deleted. Though it was enough to replace the damaged RAM module.
In our service for repairing laptops and computers ANY.BY in Baranovichi, we have accumulated some statistics. Previously, when using Windows 98, Windows ME (remember those?) Software errors were 90%. Windows 2000 and Windows XP were already more resistant. In fact, BSOD appeared in them. But anyway in 50-60% of cases all the problems were solved by reinstalling the operating system. In modern Windows 8.1 and WIndows 10, things are not much better. As a rule, the problem is only caused by hardware problems. Of course, BSODs can also cause problems with the software, but this is a rarity - viruses, driver error, bug in the program.
For some reason, most users (and masters) by inertia try to solve problems with the computer solely by reinstalling the OS Windows. But if the problem is of hardware nature, the computer continues to "slow down" or show BSOD. First it is necessary to make at least a partial diagnosis, and then reinstall the operating system. Which may turn out to be completely unrelated.
This is the first part of the article on self-diagnostics and PC repair. We will prepare the next ones soon.
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