Registry Clean and Repair

One of the worst types of Windows errors that you can get is called a “physical memory dump error”. It’s basically a form of the widely known Windows Blue Screen of Death (a.k.a. BSOD).

The worst thing about these error messages is that it can be difficult to locate the real underlying cause of the problem.

Hardware

This is unfortunately a major possibility. Most of the time, a BSOD is caused by a hardware problem, but NOT always.

You need to ask yourself questions about when the error occurs, to see if you can via a process of elimination work out if hardware could be a problem. For example, if you get this physical memory dump error very often, regardless of whether you are playing games, using a spreadsheet or surfing the web then it could be your hard disk. Use the free disk scanning utility that comes installed with Windows XP to find out.

Software

You could run a full scan of your hard disk and other components but still not find the cause of the physical memory dump error.

Whilst most of the time there is a hardware fault or problem, this can also occur due to an invalid, bad or corrupt registry. A software problem is also a possibility (I take it for granted that you have tried reinstalling the application, if it is only this one that is in use when the error occurs) – for example, a shared driver used by many programs could be corrupt – but knowing which driver is the problematic one is not an easy task without assistance.

Tools

For such a Windows blue screen error as this, it is worth using the services of a registry scanner. The name is a bit of a misnomer as these applications do not just scan for common registry errors but are also able to detect and fix DLL errors, runtime errors, freezing issues, all BSOD issues, hardware malfunctions (detect only), driver error and more.

Thanks to our partner, Registry Easy, you can make use of a free scan facility below: