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Scott Forsyth's Blog - Reading a memory.dmp or other .dmp file
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TechNet Blogs > The troubleshooters and problem solvers... > You got a B.S.O.D. (Blue Screen of Death, known as Bug Checks), now what?

Analyse MEMORY.DMP

Either:

  1. Download NirSoft - BlueScreenView.
  2. Start BlueScreenView to get the reason for the crash from the minidumps in C:\Windows\Minidump.

Or:

  1. Download the Windows 10 SDK fromDownload Debugging Tools for Windows and install the “Debugging Tools for Windows” rom it.
    1. This can be done on another PC than where the MEMORY.DMP was made.
  2. Start WinDbg via Start → All Programs → Debugging Tools for Windows → WinDbg
  3. Set the symbol file path via menu File → Symbol File Path.
  4. Copy and paste to the Symbol Search Path window:
    **%%SRV*c:\websymbols*http:msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols%%**
  5. Load the MEMORY.DMP via menu File → Open Crash Dump.
  6. Click Yes at “Save Information for Workspace”.
  7. Wait for the result.

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