Re: How can I open and read the minidump file?

Tony

They are very difficult to interpret.

Can you provide a copy of the Stop Error Report?

I suggest you Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced, StartUp and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

There will also be Error Reports in Event Viewer. Please post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Tony V wrote:
I have a Gateway DX300 that has MCE XP Home and I had a crash
yesterday that created a minidump file on my machine. I have SP2 and
the machine is patched and current. I run AVG anti-virus and firewall
and also Spysweeper.

How do I open it and attempt to read/understand what the cause of the
crash was? Are there any debug tools I can download and use as a home
user?

Please advise. Thanks
Tony V

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