CHECKLIST
For dumps to be produced. . .
- Page file must be on OS drive
- Page file base allocation size must be > than installed physical RAM
- Windows Error Reporting (WER) system service should be set to MANUAL
- Set page file to system managed, OS drive
Set System Crash/ Recovery Settings to "Kernel Memory Dump" - this will produce. . .
--> a Full Kernel Memory Dump - c:\windows\memory.dmp
--> a Mini Kernel dump c:\windows\minidump
The Full Kernel is overwritten each BSOD; a new mini kernel dump is created w/ different name for each BSOD
To check your system's "Recoveros" (Recovery) and Page File settings via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), download the zip file, extract the EXE file to Desktop. RIGHT-click on EXE icon, select "Run as Administrator".
Zip File w/ EXE --> WMI - "Recoveros" and Page File Settings
IE 8 screen will open with the results.
For additional information, please see Microsoft kb307973, "How to configure system failure and recovery options in Windows".
