Greetings,
I have been having some issues with a computer I have that caused it to BSOD whenever the computer went to sleep. I reinstalled Windows and all my software and that seemed to fix it. However, about a week later (everything installed on it was done within the first 2 days) I started getting BSOD loops; this is where I get a BSOD (stop code: 0x0000003D, which seems to be pretty generic and related to hardware) and the computer resets, boots into windows and BSOD again anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes after startup with the same stop code. I also noticed when this started a new piece of malware, geneio, had gotten onto my computer.
In order to start troubleshooting which piece of hardware is causing the BSOD I plan to totally reformat my computer to rule out any software issues. Please let me know if the following plan of attack sounds good:
1.) DBAN to format the hard drive when booting.
2.) Boot windows from the OEM disk I have and reinstall windows.
I haven't used DBAN before, but I wanted to make sure to totally get rid of everything on the hard drive in case the format option from windows wasn't removing some piece of malware. I've read that DBAN will also remove the partitions from the hard drive, will I need a separate piece of software to partition the hard drive before installing windows? Or will windows automatically partition the hard drive when I install it.
Once windows is up and running, is this the proper way to handle my first startup:
1.) Install my mobo's chipset driver.
2.) Window's update until windows is completely up to date.
3.) Install the rest of the mobo's drivers and the video card driver.
4.) Install virus scan.
If there is anything I may have missed, or any advice you can give I would greatly appreciate it.
I have been having some issues with a computer I have that caused it to BSOD whenever the computer went to sleep. I reinstalled Windows and all my software and that seemed to fix it. However, about a week later (everything installed on it was done within the first 2 days) I started getting BSOD loops; this is where I get a BSOD (stop code: 0x0000003D, which seems to be pretty generic and related to hardware) and the computer resets, boots into windows and BSOD again anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes after startup with the same stop code. I also noticed when this started a new piece of malware, geneio, had gotten onto my computer.
In order to start troubleshooting which piece of hardware is causing the BSOD I plan to totally reformat my computer to rule out any software issues. Please let me know if the following plan of attack sounds good:
1.) DBAN to format the hard drive when booting.
2.) Boot windows from the OEM disk I have and reinstall windows.
I haven't used DBAN before, but I wanted to make sure to totally get rid of everything on the hard drive in case the format option from windows wasn't removing some piece of malware. I've read that DBAN will also remove the partitions from the hard drive, will I need a separate piece of software to partition the hard drive before installing windows? Or will windows automatically partition the hard drive when I install it.
Once windows is up and running, is this the proper way to handle my first startup:
1.) Install my mobo's chipset driver.
2.) Window's update until windows is completely up to date.
3.) Install the rest of the mobo's drivers and the video card driver.
4.) Install virus scan.
If there is anything I may have missed, or any advice you can give I would greatly appreciate it.
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