You have some ways to investigate the reason of blue screen error (BSOD – Blue Screen of Death). After you face an error like below and restart it, check the mini dump file which is located under C:\Windows\Minidump
![Scary blue screen](http://1ve0.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bluescreen1.png)
The ways to read dump files:
- To use Microsoft Windows SDK. Detailed description for installing it is here
- To use third party application like BlueScreenView
![Getting more information about blue screen error by using WinDbg](http://1ve0.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/windbg.png)
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