Today we’ll talk about what a memory dump is. This file contains certain data that was in the RAM of a particular computer for a certain period of time. It also represents a valuable source of information for specialists and developers of various software. When an emergency memory dump occurs, these people have the opportunity to see at what point this happened and for what reasons. This allows you to fix software flaws and bugs. Whenever a Microsoft operating system crashes, a memory dump is always created.
If you need to find the location, as well as the size of this file, you must right-click on the computer icon. When the context menu appears, launch its properties and open the tab with additional information. Then in the download and recovery section you need to click on the settings button. You will see a window for recording debugging information. From the drop-down list, you have the opportunity to select one of the following functions.
A small memory dump will be sixty-four kilobytes. In this case, only the most necessary information about the problems that have arisen will be recorded in it. Next comes the core memory dump. Its size, as a rule, is also sixty-four kilobytes. It contains debugging data for your system kernel. We pass to the last point. It is called a "full memory dump of Windows 7". In it there is a complete preservation of all system memory. At this point, the necessary files are created, the size of which is the equivalent of RAM that is installed on your device.
You can also independently designate the location where this file will be located, and also change the setting that is responsible for surface recording in an existing file. I strongly recommend that you do not change these settings so that they remain as they were by default.
It is also worth noting that you can create this file yourself manually. To do this, call the start menu, start the service, which is called "Run", and in it enter the command "regedit", then click the "OK" button. You will see the registry editor of the operating system. There you need to find a key that looks like this: HKEYS LOCAL MACHINES / SYSTEMA / CurrentControlSets / Service / i8042prt / Parametres.
When you find it, right-click your manipulator on the right side of this window and choose to create DWORLD. After that, write the name of the key “CrashOnCtrlScroll”, then assign it the value “1”. Then close this editor and restart your computer or laptop. To create a new file containing a memory dump, press and hold the Control button, and then double- click the Scroll Lock key .
It's all. I hope the above information was presented in an accessible form. But without specific reasons, you do not need to perform these procedures, since these are system resources. If you make mistakes, irreparable consequences may occur for your operating system.