A small dump file is generated by the system each time a fatal error occurs that causes the computer to crash. It can be useful with a small hard disk, but precisely because of its small size, it does not always contain enough information to fix the disk.
Instructions
Step 1
Press the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "Settings" item to perform the operation of setting startup and recovery parameters using a small memory dump file.
Step 2
Expand the link "Control Panel" and select the item "System" by double-clicking the mouse.
Step 3
Go to the "Advanced" tab of the application window that opens and click the "Options" button in the "Startup and Recovery" section.
Step 4
Specify the item "Small memory dump" in the "Write debug information" directory.
Step 5
Open your browser program and go to the page https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx. Download WinDbg, a program for reading small memory dump from your computer
Step 6
Install the downloaded application (by default - C: / Program FilesDebugging Tools for Windows) and return to the main Start menu.
Step 7
Go to Run and enter cmd in the Open field to initiate the procedure to open the WinDbg program.
Step 8
Click OK to confirm the command and enter cd c: program filesdebugging tools for windows in the command line to navigate to the application folder.
Step 9
Press the Enter softkey to confirm your selection and enter the following value: windbg -y sivol_path -i image_path -z dump_file_path. Here char_path is the path to the local folder with the loaded symbols and real binaries; image_path is the path to the C: WindowsI386 folder containing the files copied from the I386 folder of the Windows installation disk; dumpfile_path is the path and name of the selected memory dump file.
Step 10
Use the! Analyze -show command to display the code and parameters for a fatal system error.
Step 11
Use the! Analyze -v command to display more detailed information about the error that occurred.
Step 12
Select Im N T to display a list of loaded drivers.
Step 13
Use the dump c: windowsminidumpminidump.dmp command to parse the computer's small memory dump file.
