Blue Screen of Death or BSOD occurs when Windows encounters a critical system failure. When this happens, the system reboots right away or after a few seconds which makes it difficult to read or gather the whole information. However, details about the crash are recorded and can be retrieved by following the steps below:
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Press the Windows key or click the "Start" button and search for “eventvwr.msc”, then press "Enter".
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Open “Windows Logs” > “System”.
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View the details of the event by doing any of the following:
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Click on the relevant error events and see the details in the pane right below the list of events.
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Highlight an event then click on “Event Properties” under the “Actions” pane on the right side of the screen.
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Right-click on the event and then select “Event Properties”.
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Examples of BSOD error codes:
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An error event from the BugCheck source contains the bug check, the parameters are under the “Details” tab, while the path to the dump file is under the “General” tab.
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A critical event from the Kernel-Power source contains the code and parameters under the “EventData” section of the “Details” tab.
See the Bug Check Code Reference page for a list of all possible BSOD error codes.
