Blue Screen

A possible course of action to fix a freezing computer before it freezes again.

The cause of a windows computer (referred to as a PC) displaying a "Blue Screen of Death" (referred to as BSoD) could be many reasons, from software changes, to virus, to a hardware failure. I'll give a quick explanation of how to fix the problem.

This article explains what causes the blue screen error on windows and how to repair it, saving money by doing so.

The Windows Blue Screen of Death hasn't been seen this often since the debut of Windows Millennium Edition. If you're using the latest Microsoft OS and are seeing these, there are a few things you can check to minimize re-occurrence.

Has your computer ever refused to turn on when you hit the power button? Or maybe it turned on, but only to display a blue screen?

Back in the fifties and sixties we all feared getting attacked with a nuclear bomb. But now, in the age of technology they are attacking our computers.

Many blue screens of death encountered by pc users are caused by hardware or device drivers. Occasionally, the stop codes listed in the BSOD will even indicate a hardware malfunction when the problem is actually application related.

Check Disk (chkdsk.exe) is a utility that looks for errors on a hard drive, floppy drive or removable drives. It originated with MS DOS 1.0, and has remained as a command line utility in all MS DOS and Windows versions.