How to fix my computer blue screen error?

"My computer crashed on startup and displayed a blue screen saying 'A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps...' Then it asked me to check for adequate disk space, driver updates, and disable BIOS memory options, etc. I rebooted it but nothing works, please help!"

So many people are encountering computer blue screen error with a message asking them to check lots of strange items. This always bothers common users since they just enjoy their life online but have no idea in technical jargon.

How to fix computer blue screen error? Computer blue screen error can be due to numerous reasons, most commonly, newly installed software/hardware, corrupted/outdated/incompatible drivers, virus/Trojan, inadequate disk space, corrupted hard drive, etc. And the blue screen error gives its advice according to different situations. Even the advice doesn't work in most cases, doing what it asks is always the first thing to do:

1. Check to be sure you have adequate disk space.

This always occurs when you are playing online games. But sometimes, it also appears when you start up your computer as usual.

Enter safe mode first. Restart your computer, keep tapping F8 before the first screen to enter Windows Advanced Options Menu, and select Safe Mode.

Then free up disk space. You can do this with many easy operations such as uninstall unused applications, delete useless files like Windows temporary files (C:\WINDOWS\temp), cleanup browser history (in Firefox, click Tools>Clear Recent History; in IE, click Tools>Internet Options>General>Temporary Internet files>Delete Files), empty Recycle Bin, etc.

CCleaner is a free and handy tool to clean up computer history and free up disk space. You can also use Windows Disk Cleanup (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup), but it will take 1-2 hours to finish.

2. If a driver is identified in the stop message

If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters.

3. Check new hardware or software

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.

4. Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates.

Do the above if it is your case. If your computer crashed just after you installed a new software/hardware, enter Safe Mode and uninstall it. If your situation doesn't match all the above, restart computer, keep tapping F8 before the first screen to enter Windows Advanced Options Menu, select Last Known Good Configuration. This works sometimes.

5. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

Many guys have no idea that how to disable BIOS memory options. This is because on different computer, access to BIOS settings is different. But generally, restart computer, press Del (sometimes it might be the Home key or other) to enter the BIOS Setup window, find the memory options and disable them.

6. Safe mode doesn't work?

If you are getting the blue screen error even when starting in safe mode, your hard drive may either be going bad, or your Operating System is corrupted. You could first try a repair install. You can do this by booting from the Windows Installation CD and choosing the Repair option (in this case, if the Repair installation is successful, your files will still be there).

If this still does not work, you should check if the hard drive is broken. Replace the drive and test if the computer can boot up from a new drive. If yes, the original hard drive is broken and you need to replace it. If not, it is the Windows that corrupted. You need to reinstall Windows.

To be worse, computer blue screen error reappears after users spend hours in finding cause and trying all possible solutions. At last they have to reinstall Windows or even replace the hard disk with a new one. For those who didn't make a backup for their favorite music, movies, photos and files, it is likely that they lose them at all.

Computer blue screen always contains an error number like 0x0000c1f5, Microsoft actually offers instructions here: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm. But, comparing to reading it, reinstalling Windows may be easier.

Actually the best method to fix computer blue screen error is --- backup, which is always recommended by professionals. View the following table to learn 3 most popular system backup/restore solutions:

Features	Time Shuttle	Windows System Restore	Ghost
Space to create a restore point	0.07% of total file size	50%-100% of total file size	50%-100% of total file size
Time to create a restore point	1-5 seconds	Depend on file size	Depend on file size
Time to restore	20 seconds	Depend on file size	Depend on file size
Restore points	Up to 1000	Depend on free disk space	1
Restore with data up to the second
Auto backup
Auto restore
Independent restore without 3rd party media
Recover individual file
Fail to access to desktop solution
Restore points management
Lock restore points
Disk defragment
Dynamic user access control

Either Windows system restore or Ghost is far from satisfactory. The backup not only takes up large disk space, but the process to restore is too complicated and time-consuming. What's more, Limited by insufficient free disk space, the backup is always out dated that you are likely to lose newly added files when perform system restore. Why not trying a new computer backup/restore solution that recommended by ...

Time Shuttle is such an easy solution for everyone to restore system and fix computer blue screen error, crashes, stubborn virus, and all other problems! Since it backups the whole computer by creating a snapshot remembering current status of hard drive, rather than copying all files, it takes up nearly no disk space and can create at most 1000 snapshots! Even you can't access to desktop, Time Shuttle helps you to restore system to previous healthy state.

Using Time Shuttle to restore system is just like taking a time machine to shuttle back and forth. Imagine that you no longer need to bother others with computer blue screen problems!