BSOD freezes a few minutes after start up - Windows 7 x64

[rocketcoder]

Windows boots fine, applications start running, but then after 4 or 5 minutes everything freezes. After that it takes a few minutes before it blue screens. I am getting a stop code of 0x000000F4.View attachment SysnativeFileCollectionApp.zipView attachment SysnativeFileCollectionApp.zip After it bluescreens and automatically reboots, it can't find any OS. If I completely power down then power up again it starts up normally. I dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.10. Ubuntu is freezing up as well. I have run every diagnostic I could think of. Memtest, sfc, dskchk, I tried using Windows repair, still everything passes or finds nothing. I'm completely at a loss as for the cause of this.

My computer is a custom build I've been using for a the past could of years. I have a SanDisk SSD which contains both OSs and a Seagate HDD that I offload the heavy stuff to.

 

[Jared]

Event[3132]:
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
  Date: 2015-01-06T17:00:20.000
  Event ID: 1018
  Task: N/A
  Level: Information
  Opcode: N/A
  Keyword: Classic
  User: N/A
  User Name: N/A
  Computer: Atlas
  Description: 
[COLOR="#FF0000"]The dump file at location: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP was deleted because the disk volume had less than 25 GB free space.[/COLOR]

It would appear you're running out of disk space, if so, free the disk up.

We do need the dump files though, especially a Kernel/Full memory dump.

Go the Start
Right click My Computer
Select Properties
Click Advanced system settings
Click on the Advanced tab
Select Settings under Startup and Recovery
Then under Write debugging information select Full memory dump.

Once a dump is created go to:

C:\Windows\memory.dmp

Copy the file to the desktop, zip it up and upload it to a file sharing site like Onedrive. After the upload is done post the download link in your next reply.

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I recommend testing your drives with SeaTools. Make sure the storage controller is set as IDE/SATA mode before using SeaTools DOS as the drives won't be recognised in AHCI mode. You will need to change the storage controller back when booting into an OS which is preinstalled, otherwise they will not boot. Run the Short and Long Generic tests.

 

[rocketcoder]

I tried to free up space, but the partition is only 55GB to begin with so I wasn't able to free up enough. I changed the dump path to "E:\MEMORY.DMP" but when it crashed there wasn't any file there afterwards.

I did test my Seagate drive earlier with SeaTools it said everything was fine.

 

[rocketcoder]

Any help? I'm really stump on this one.

 

[Patrick]

You need to properly set up generation of crash dumps.

1. Start > type %systemroot% which should show the Windows folder, click on it. Once inside that folder, ensure there is a Minidump folder created. If not, CTRL-SHIFT-N to make a New Folder and name it Minidump.

2. Windows key + Pause key. This should bring up System. Click Advanced System Settings on the left > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Ensure there's a check-mark for 'Automatically manage paging file size for all drives'.

3. Windows key + Pause key. This should bring up System. Click Advanced System Settings on the left > Advanced > Startup and Recovery > Settings > System Failure > ensure there is a check mark next to 'Write an event to the system log'.

4. Double check that the WERS is ENABLED:

Start > Search > type services.msc > Under the name tab, find Windows Error Reporting Service > If the status of the service is not Started then right click it and select Start. Also ensure that under Startup Type it is set to Automatic rather than Manual. You can do this by right clicking it, selecting properties, and under General selecting startup type to 'Automatic', and then click Apply.

From then on, follow Jared's directions to uploading a complete dump.