Short blue screen of DEATH ?

[honsbeek]

I have this expression before , "Blue screen of DEATH" but what does it mean.

As it is now , I was working on my computer (Windows xp sp2) and doing dual tasting on my Core 2 duo 6320 with 1 GB single slot . I have 2 HDD both seagates one older 300g and one newer 400g. I have running a video and working on Excel, when suddenly I hear a "Clonk" sound from the computer, along with a short blue screen flash with white letters , all my data wasn;t saved. Is it time to re-install my windows , or is my HDD broken ? After I restart
everything is fine and the computer seems to work again, never knowing when it might happen again ,

Please advise thank you

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

Yes that is BSOD
Are you overclocking? could indict instability if you are. It could just one software not interacting well with another... or it could be time for a new computer. all depends

 

[lolitha]

I think bad ram can also cause BSODs , so try runnning Memtest86+

 

[WazzaUK]

Can get BSOD error information from minidump....

To disable auto-reboot...
http://www.tweakxp.com/article36976.aspx