Almost every PC user had to notice that in the event of a malfunction in the computer, a blue screen is displayed on which you can see a large number of characters, the meaning of which is often incomprehensible even to a fairly experienced user. This is the so-called blue screen of death, the causes of which are quite multifaceted. Seeing the blue screen of death what to do, each user asks. This article will attempt to understand the reasons why the blue screen of death appears, as well as suggest some actions that can prevent such a nuisance.
The blue screen as a concept can correspond to two different images, having examined which you can answer the common question: blue screen of death what to do?
1. The display may turn blue while the disk checker program, Chkdsk, is running. This program is part of the PC OS. A distinctive feature of the Chkdsk blue screen is that it is not static, unlike the second version described below. When performing a disk check, the user can monitor the process by following the changing numbers on the screen, indicating the progress of the process as a percentage. The answer to the question: what does the blue screen of death do, in this case it is very simple - nothing! You just have to wait for the program to finish working and continue to use the computer in normal mode. In fact, this kind of blue screen is not a "death screen" in the usual sense of experienced users - it is a normal process necessary to rid the file system of errors, and the surface of the hard disk of "bad" sectors.
2. In the case when the image displayed by the computer turns blue and is filled with white characters, after which the computer does not respond to user actions and the image on the screen remains static - this is a real blue screen of death, what should I do in this case? This screen is essentially a message about a Windows system error that cannot be fixed by the built-in operating system in automatic mode. The blue screen in this case means that the problem cannot be solved by Windows and, in order to avoid more serious consequences, the system disconnects itself. In this situation, the user can only restart the PC by pressing the Reset button. In some cases, the computer will restart itself. All data that was not saved will be lost in this case.
The data shown by the blue screen of death is actually information that is intended to help diagnose PC problems. At this moment, an error code is issued, reported by the system for the sole purpose - that the user can eliminate the cause of the failure on his own. It is worth noting that in almost all cases, users, especially inexperienced ones, cannot solve the problem on their own due to the lack of in-depth knowledge of the PC hardware. Therefore, after the appearance of the blue screen, the information displayed by him is duplicated in the system log so that the specialists involved in the maintenance of the PC can later understand the problem.
Among the causes of the blue screen, the most common is a driver conflict. In addition, device or application conflicts, the effects of viruses, overheating of components, and some other factors can lead to malfunctions in the computer.
In general, we can say that if the blue screen appears once and after rebooting the PC works fine, then you should not worry. In the event that failures continue to manifest themselves constantly, it is worth thinking about a visit to the service center.