How to Fix Blue Screen of Death

Blue Screen of Death is a very common error that
occurs in all the versions of the Windows OS, be it
Win XP, or Win Vista or Windows 7. A lot of major
as well as minor hardware and software related
issues can lead to Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).
Sometimes you can resolve the issue by simply
solving it by restarting your PC. However, many
times the BSOD screen won’t allow you to reach
the desktop or even if you have reached the
desktop, the BSOD screen can appear all of a
sudden while you are doing something important
on your PC.
BSODs appear when Windows encounters a
serious problem and stalls the operating system.
You can easily fix BSOD issues by examining all
the factors that has triggered it. Here are some
things you should do when you encounter a
BSOD:
1. Some BSODs are so bad that you may end up
installing fresh copy of Windows on your system.
If you are not able to access your data after the
occurrence of BSOD, you may also end up losing
all your precious data. So, you need try your best
to reach the desktop. You can try the ‘Last
Known Good Configuration’ option or by going
into the Safe Mode. You can try both of these
options by pressing the F8 key before the
appearance of the Windows loading screen. If you
do it correctly, you will see the ‘Windows
Advanced Options Menu’ screen where you will
see options like Safe Mode, Safe Mode with
Networking and Last Known Good Configuration.
2. When you see the BSOD, you should read the
message that appears on it carefully. Usually, the
error screen contains a ‘STOP ERROR’ code that
consists of numbers and alphabets. The code
varies depending on the problems that have
caused the respective BSOD error. So, the first
thing you need to do is make a note of the error
code.
3. If your system is displaying the BSOD screen
after recent installation of hardware or software,
you can try uninstalling the hardware or software
and see if that resolves the issue. After
uninstalling the software that caused the
problem, you can perform virus scan on your
system.
Repairing registry errors by making use of registry
applications can help in getting rid of BSODs that
are caused by software. Alternatively, you can
also try the System Restore option to go back to a
date when your system was working perfectly
fine.
4. The next thing you need to is to find out what
has caused the BSOD by researching on the
internet. You can do this on your secondary PC.
All you need to do is type the STOP ERROR code
on Google and find out what solutions are
available. A very good way to find solution for all
kinds of BSOD errors is to visit the Microsoft
Support website. At Microsoft Support, you will
get all the possible solutions that you can try to
get rid of the BSOD screen.