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BSOD 101 since system restore
Last week I did a system restore of my laptop, Acer Aspire 5740G, back to factory default settings. This was because it had been a bit slow - basically I just wanted to have a fresh start in the hope it might speed it up a little or at least just clear the hard drive for space. Up until this point I had no BSOD problems for over 6 years.
Then updated Windows, updated drivers, installed programs and deleted all the bloatware that automatically installed etc. but began getting BSOD (101 each time). Thinking I must have messed something up by overzealously uninstalling bloatware, I did another system restore, being careful only to update windows. Drivers are still all default.
Got a BSOD very soon after restoring (116 error). They have continued, but now always a 101 error. Windows is now fully up to date.
I want to stress that I never used to get any BSODs before doing the system restore (totally regretting it now!) and the only problems I had were with general slowness and programs briefly being unresponsive. No crashes or lockups.
Not sure where to start troubleshooting. I updated the graphics drivers after the first system restore - which I initially thought was the problem - but not after the second restore. Also I've never touched the BIOS before, but could that be something I need to update?
Any advice is appreciated.