I was just wondering !!!!! what are forum members general opinions about the significance of Blue Screen crashes ????
Many things can cause them, drivers, etc.... Personally, I have never experienced a single blue screen until few months ago. Since then, I had 10-15 blue screens between two laptops. Though a pain sometimes, I have had no other computer issues as result of the blue screen. Everything seems to work just fine after the reboot. I safe boot then normal boot.
So, how critical or significant is the Blue Screen ?? It cannot be good, but is it all that bad ???
I have tried many suggested solutions for Blue screen, but it still happens.
My choice is to live with it just like all other PC related crashes or issues.
As respect to the forum, before I posted this topic I have tried most logical steps already. Virus/spyware scan/removal,, uninstall/install programs, etc....
The only consistent observation that I made for the crash is it happens during web access (I use Firefox). I cannot point to a particular website. Although two blue screens occurred during shutdown.
As I said, most curious observation is after every blue screen crash, reboots fine and everything seems to work just fine. I have not had any hint of any problem what so ever. If blue screen is that bad, why haven't I had any failures ??? Especially since I have never had a single blue screen EVER until few months ago. My laptops are 3-4 yrs old, so at first I thought laptops are going bad SLOWLY..memory/HD,etc.. but so far so good.
Again, before I posted Blue screen topic, I have literally done all I can. It seems Bitdefender file is the problem, but I have 10s of emails from them without a solution. Blue Screen comes with or without Bitdefender. I have had few blue screen crashes with Bitdefender uninstalled.
Thanks for all the possible solutions, but the point of my post is why doesn't blue screen crash causing damages to my laptop ??
Like I said, what's still puzzling me is NOTHING happened to my laptops after blue screen and reboot. IF blue screen is in fact such a MAJOR problem, then why haven't I had any problems with my laptops ??? Any ideas ???
We came around full circle to my original question. Of course there MAY be something wrong when blue screen occurs. But how do I find the problems and more importantly, WHAT do I need to do ???
Do I trash the laptops and buy new ones ??
Replace HD, RAM, motherboard, etc???
Everyone says Blue screen is DEATH, yet no one can tell me NOW WHAT ??? Like I said, my laptops work just fine after reboot until the next blue screen. If I continue to use the laptops what will happen?? smoke?? HD crash?? RAM goes crazy ?? Video won't work ?? None of these happened YET.
As I said, these are the mystery of PC. There are things that NOBODY REALLY knows why?? It might be a symptom, but my body works just fine, so why goto the doctor ?? They don't know either !!!
Make a backup of all your important data somewhere.
If you have iTunes, uninstall it and see if that works (iTunes is known to cause a lot of odd behavior since Apple thought it'd be funny to modify existing kernel-mode drivers...)
Wait for some of the wiser heads on here to confirm it, and if they do try chkdsk. It is mentioned on the page Hazelnut linked. You can see its parameters by clicking on start > run > then typing cmd > then press enter, then type chdksk/?
First back up data. Then uninstall any suspect hardware and/or programs. Then reboot twice. Then, if others agree, try chkdsk. None of those steps should do harm, and chkdsk might just fix it. Post back what happens, OK?