Continuous Windows restart with BSoD

July 19, 2008 · Filed Under BSoD · Comment 

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As we know, the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) occurs whenever there is a fatal error in the OS. Usually these errors are transient and will go away after a single restart, but there are some which have to be taken care of explicitly.

To be able to debug a BSoD you need to be able to know what is wrong in the first place – information that you typically read of the BSoD itself. But what do you do if your computer is continuously rebooting as soon as a BSoD is displayed. This happens because of a setting in Windows. Now, following the ‘Prevention’ step-by-step below, you should disable this setting to avoid getting into a continuous loop of restarting in case of a recurring BSoD. If you are already stuck in such a loop, skip over to the “Cure” after the step-by-step.

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