Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has become a common bug these days if you are on either Windows 11 or 10 OS. Such errors may occur because of varying reasons, so knowing them beforehand might provide you an insight into what to do to prevent blue screen issues. Once you know the exact rationale behind BSOD errors, it becomes quite easy to fix them. In this guide, today, we will discuss a single method to get the BSOD log file location and the error details as well.
Windows 11/10 contributes an essential way to know the list of BSOD log files that ever occurred on your system. It contains all the relevant information, warning, and workarounds to resolve them separately. Whenever a BSOD error appears on your PC, its log file is automatically generated and stored on your device. Accessing this file is a little bit complicated yet there are some tools to know them. Using this tool you can not only get the reasons behind this bug but also a troubleshooting guide to solve the BSOD error.
Note: You can’t get the BSOD log files in the form of a text document that you can open using Notepad.
Where to find BSOD Log File in Windows
If you are getting a blue screen error and want to know about its log file, here’s how you can do that using Event Viewer.
Using Event Viewer
The Event Viewer contains the logs of all BSOD errors that ever occur on your device. Accessing this log also provides a troubleshooting guide on how you can solve that blue screen issue. To get the log files, do the following –
- Go to the Search and type Event Viewer in the text bar.
- Click the well-matching result to launch the Event Viewer window.
- Go to the Action tab and select Create Custom View as shown below –
- Using the Logged: drop-down menu, select the time range.
- Now, mark the Error checkbox under the Event level section.
- Next, choose the Windows Logs option under the
Event logs:drop-down menu.
- Click OK to proceed.
- On the succeeding window, rename the custom view and hit OK again.
- Go back to the Event Viewer wizard and see the enlisted date and time of previously occurred BSOD.
- If you want more information regarding any specific error, select the same and tap Details.
That’s it, I hope now you can get the BSOD log file location quite easily on your device. Go and find which one of these works in your case and let’s know about that in the comment section.
