BSOD and Safe Mode


  1. Posts : 109
    Win10 Pro
       #1

    BSOD and Safe Mode


    Hello,

    This is not a specific issue that I need to address.Its knowledge base question.

    If Windows is getting random different BSOD every time we check for memory sticks/hdd etc.. But same windows boots and run fine in safe mode. Without any issues.
    Can we say that this means the problem is with windows itself or some drivers or something like that. Its not the issue with your Hardware ? If the hdd or ram is corrupt it should give problems with Safe mode too, right ?
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  2. Posts : 43,062
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    It's impossible to conclude anything from that.
    If the hdd or ram is corrupt it should give problems with Safe mode too, right ?
    Wrong. No definitive conclusion possible.

    1. In Safe Mode you're using less RAM typically- so perhaps there is still a RAM issue.
    2. In Safe Mode as you know many drivers, some services are not loaded etc. So yes the problem could be with the items that are not running- but this it not proven.
    3. You're not using the same graphics driver - or card if you have one. So that's not in play.
    4. Power demand may well be lower- so less strain on PSU.
    5. You're not using the disk(s) in the same way.

    Only by again reproducing the BSOD from a state where it's not occurring might you begin to learn more.

    Definitive substitution and elimination with clear logic is required if you don't have definitive diagnostics.

    Far better to try, for example, booting from a live boot disk without your internal disks connected at all, and then running diagnostic and stress tests on hardware. Then if a problem is shown you know it can't be due to the software and O/S you have installed or your internal disks - unless you in fact have more than one cause.

    Who said it's simple?
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  3. Posts : 14,903
    Windows 10 Pro
       #3

    Hi,

    The only thing you can conclude from safe mode is that Windows is still functioning properly, that which is used in safe mode anyways, and can be used for troubleshooting when needed.

    As dalchina mentioned, there's a variety of possibilities that it can still be hardware or a bad Windows Update even. Just because safe mode runs properly doesn't automatically justify the exclusion of hardware.
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  4. Posts : 4,810
    Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit 22H2
       #4

    If computer runs with no BSOD's in Safe Mode.
    Then try a Clean Boot. Which is the closest you can get to Safe Mode in Normal Mode.
    If that works you can keep it this way, or you can add one Service or Startup Item at a time until you get a BSOD, then you will know the culprit.
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