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BSOD - Bad Pool Header

Laura_Browne
Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
edited 8 April 2012 at 4:39PM in Techie Stuff
Hello,

A few times now I have had this BSOD that says Bad_Pool_Header on my laptop.

Laptop is Acer Aspire,
4 gig memory,
320 gig HD
Windows 7 with pentium p6200

I havent done anything new, no new programmes installed and it is the third time this has happened to me now.

Please any help would be good. I have two of those mini dump files (which I can neither open nor attach to this post it seems) if those would be of help.

I do have an external HD that I have plugged in before, but its not constantly attached to the laptop, nor is it used every day.

Thanks.

Comments

  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,942 Forumite
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    I'm not saying it's very likely, but you can get this error if you have intermittently faulty memory modules.

    It's easy to check using a copy of Memtest 86+.
  • Laura_Browne
    Laura_Browne Posts: 141 Forumite
    Ah sorry but which version would i need to download to use it?
  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,942 Forumite
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    Latest release (4.20), the version described as "Pre-compiled bootable ISO(.zip)".

    Download and unzip it, write it to a CD-R with Imgburn and boot the PC from it.

    It's a tiny program, so it doesn't take long to create.
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