When Windows 7 Home Premium is on or in the middle, a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) can occur. It prints an error code and automatically restarts the machine.
BSOD can occur on Windows 7 Home Premium due to various reasons like virus infection, low disk space, hard drive malfunction, etc. This article goes through the steps to bypass Windows 7 Home Premium Blue Screen of Death issue and continue regular work on your computer or laptop.
Here are my recommendations:
1. Scan the computer for viruses
2. Clean junk files on your hard drive
3. Incompatible DLLs
A. Remove newly installed software
b. Restore the system
4. Repair bad sectors on your hard drive
Scan the computer for viruses
Viruses can cause Windows 7 Home Premium to show the BSOD. Boot sector viruses or viruses present in the system files of your computer can cause BSOD problem. In such a case, it is recommended to disinfect the system with good antivirus software.
Download and install a good antivirus software and start the Full System Scan to remove any viruses, if any.
Clean junk files and repair system registry
The term Junk Files is used for the temporary files on your computer. This includes temporary internet files, downloaded program files, thumbnails, web browser cache, etc. All of these are considered junk because they take up a huge amount of disk space and most of the time some of them are not needed.
Windows 7 Home Premium blue screen may appear if your system does not have free disk space to perform various types of operations.
Similarly, registry errors play a key role in allowing these annoying issues to appear out of nowhere. It is always good to perform regular registry cleaning scans to prevent and fix blue screen issues in Windows 7 Home Premium.
incompatible dlls
DLL refers to the dynamic link library files. These are the files with the .dll extension that play an important role in the functioning of your operating system. DLL incompatibility often results in BSOD problem on Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
Remove newly installed software
If you are experiencing the BSOD problem within or after the successful installation of a software program, uninstall the respective software.
1.Click Start | Control Panel.
2.Click Programs | Uninstall a program.
3. Select the program that installed the incompatible DLLs.
4. Click the Uninstall or Remove button.
5. Follow the wizard.
6. Reboot the system after completion.
Restore the system
System Restore allows you to restore your system to a previous working state. You will need to restore Windows 7 Home Premium to a previous state so that the BSOD problem no longer appears. Use this option if registry/system cleanup and other options don’t work.
1.Click Start | All programs | Accessories | System Tools | System restore.
2. Follow the wizard. A system reboot is required to continue the operation.
Repair bad sectors on your hard drive
The hard drive is an integral part that should not malfunction in order to experience smoother computing. Due to power failure or abnormal shutdown techniques on your computer, bad sectors are created on your hard drive.
Installed programs frequently access data stored on your hard drive. If your computer tries to recover a file stored in bad sectors, it may result in a Windows 7 Home Premium blue screen.
1. Open My Computer.
2. Right click on a drive, say C drive.
3. Select Properties.
4.Click on Tools | Check it now.
5. Click the Start button and schedule a disk check task.
6. Perform steps 2-5 for all remaining drives on your hard drive.
expert recommendation
In order to remove BSOD issue on Windows 7 Home Premium or any other version, you need to first scan for registry issues and fix them. This is due to the close relationship between the Windows Registry and BSOD.
