BSOD - File system error or possible memory issue?

devroad · 25 Feb 2015

Good evening,
I've had recurring BSODs over the past few weeks. Last week, I was unable to start the system because it would BSOD while booting up or after the boot up was completed (within a few minutes).
Luckily, I had a full system image backup from December 24th, 2014. I recovered the system via the backed up image (Acronis) and so far the system had been working as expected.
This evening after I got back home, I realized my system had BSODed again (after maybe 2 days of continual use without any BSODs). Thankfully, a dump file was created and here I am hoping to resolve the issue.

I have a dual boot system with Linux Mint on an SSD (and a couple of other Linux distros running inside VMs). When Windows was not functional, I used Linux for almost a week or so without any issues. So I'm not sure if it's a memory issue or a hard drive issue.
I've had the system for a little over a year now.
i7 3770k
16.0 GB
3 Hard drives installed:
WD 3 TB - All media and current backups
C:\ - 1 TB Segate 7200 RPM HD (Windows 7)
128 GB SSD - Linux & other distros.

Thank you for all your help.

derekimo · 25 Feb 2015

You only have one recent dump,

Code:

BugCheck 24, {1904fb, fffff8800c5e3f98, fffff8800c5e37f0, fffff88001281419}

Probably caused by : memory_corruption

Followup: memory_corruption
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Here's a bigger problem though,

Code:

Host Name:                 DEVA
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 
OS Version:                6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner:          JEDI
Registered Organization:   
Product ID:                00426-OEM-8992662-00010
Original Install Date:     10/30/2013, 3:21:10 PM
System Boot Time:          2/24/2015, 9:54:12 PM
System Manufacturer:       System manufacturer
System Model:              System Product Name
System Type:               x64-based PC

Counterfeit installations such as yours contained heavily modified code that causes the installation to behave it unexpected ways. Analysing BSOD's and determining their causes on these sorts of installations is very unreliable. For this reason, many analysts won't attempt it.

My recommendation is to install a genuine Windows 7. This will minimise the problems you are experiencing, and make subsequent diagnosis of BSOD's far more reliable. Once you are running a genuine Windows 7 installation, and are still experiencing BSOD's, we will be happy to help you solve them :)