blue screen error report logs?

[douchewagon]

hello, my computer hit a blue screen error and now cant get to windows or bios or a successful POST, 

 

so what i was hoping for was that windows 10 filed a log somewhere on one of my drives containing the problem it encountered. 

Thanks a tone for anyone to reply!!! <3

[robotprobot]

It would have created a .DMP file in the root of the C:\ drive (or wherever your windows installation is).

These .DMP files can be opened with a program called WinDbg. You can get it here:

 

If you just need the Debugging Tools for Windows 10, and not WDK 10 or Visual Studio 2015, you can install the debugging tools as a standalone component from Windows SDK. In the installation wizard, select Debugging Tools for Windows, and deselect all other components.

• Get Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg) (from the SDK)

[douchewagon]

2 minutes ago, robotprobot said:

It would have created a .DMP file in the root of the C:\ drive (or wherever your windows installation is).

These .DMP files can be opened with a program called WinDbg. You can get it here:

 

If you just need the Debugging Tools for Windows 10, and not WDK 10 or Visual Studio 2015, you can install the debugging tools as a standalone component from Windows SDK. In the installation wizard, select Debugging Tools for Windows, and deselect all other components.

• Get Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg) (from the SDK)

will the file be hidden in some way if i plug the hhd in a different pc? will it have a date or list order in some way?

thanks a ton for you help bro

[SaladFingers]

By default Windows will save a file called MEMORY.DMP under your "%SystemRoot%" which usually is "C:\". There are settings for it as to what Windows should log or not - I think the default is just Kernel errors. If your computer doesn't post, that could potentially mean a hardware failure. Since you can't boot into Windows, you probably need to insert your drive into another system to be able to extract the file.

[douchewagon]

thanks a ton man! i hope this helps me solve what hardwhere failed on me

[SaladFingers]

6 minutes ago, douchewagon said:

will the file be hidden in some way if i plug the hhd in a different pc? will it have a date or list order in some way?

thanks a ton for you help bro

Shouldn't be, but if it is just show hidden files  Date or list order is completely dependent on the view settings of the system you are running, not the file itself in any way. Just search for it

[robotprobot]

20 hours ago, douchewagon said:

will the file be hidden in some way if i plug the hhd in a different pc? will it have a date or list order in some way?

thanks a ton for you help bro

 

20 hours ago, SaladFingers said:

Shouldn't be, but if it is just show hidden files  Date or list order is completely dependent on the view settings of the system you are running, not the file itself in any way. Just search for it

It most certainly isnt hidden. Windows does remove them after a time however, but it may still be there since you can't boot the computer, which means it can't be deleted.

If it is a hardware failure, its likely that it wouldn't have been created because the dump is normally for kernel or software errors.

[SaladFingers]

4 hours ago, robotprobot said:

 

It most certainly isnt hidden. Windows does remove them after a time however, but it may still be there since you can't boot the computer, which means it can't be deleted.

If it is a hardware failure, its likely that it wouldn't have been created because the dump is normally for kernel or software errors.

Correct, but Kernel will log a hardware failure much of the time, if you actually get the BSOD and let it do its thing. Mainly because hardware failures can crash the kernel itself which leads to a BSOD (or a kernel panic!)