Question Two recent BSODs, also how can i save/restore web browser passwords after a clean install ?

[UKTone]

First BSOD happened about a 2-3 months ago.

Is there a way to check what caused the BSOD? I just let it do it's bsod thing, it restarted, but stayed on Asus, so i powered it off and turned it back on, it's back working. The qr code sent me to a site, step one is about hardware, only thing i changed hardware wise is my aio since the other one ran out of water. I've been thinking my Nvidia could be getting messed up by the updates since they've had a lot of problems lately, and lichess uses your gpu too when you use the analysis. I am currently on 576.52, current is 576.82.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-US...-windows-60b01860-58f2-be66-7516-5c45a66ae3c6 this is the link.

2. I didn't do safe mode
3. In device manager RAID controller and Unknown usb device (Device Description Request Failed) both have exclamation marks, haven't done anything to them yet
4. I have only 24.6 gbs free of 930 gbs, i did plan on putting a fresh windows pro 11 on this, have most of the files on an extenal hdd, this drive is an ssd so i don't want to rewrite anymore to it other than formatting it them putting pro 11 on it.
5. Windows is up to date
6. Don't have a restore

Didn't do anything in advance, lmk what i should do.

I also have a lot of passwords saved to my browsers, how can i get those to stay?

Edit: Specs: https://valid.x86.fr/ht2s5h
PSU Corsair rm850x (bought new, had since i built this pc, think i got it around when the 4070 super released? So around Jan 2024)

Disk drives https://ibb.co/qLS1fGdB idk have little space would be a problem except maybe make things slower if your main is close to full.

Headphone, offbrand xbox controller, hdmi and display port, have my other monitor unplugged rn, multi usb 7 connector, usb for wireless mouse, wired keyboard, external 14tb hdd, think that might be it...

Wired network.

Also, i got a weird error when opening marvel rivals i never got before, said something about not meeting gpu requirement, went ahead and launched anyway, then once the game got done with shaders, i got the bsod.

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

List of all connected peripherals.

Wired or wireless network?

= = = =

You can look in Reliability History/Monitor and Event Viewer for error codes, warnings, and even informational events being logged just before or at the time of the BSODs.

 

[UKTone]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

List of all connected peripherals.

Wired or wireless network?

= = = =

You can look in Reliability History/Monitor and Event Viewer for error codes, warnings, and even informational events being logged just before or at the time of the BSODs.

Edited my first post and added what happened just before the crash.

 

[Aeacus]

I also have a lot of passwords saved in my browsers, how can i get those to stay?

You need to export them.

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-login-data-firefox
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95606?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop#zippy=,show-edit-delete-or-export-saved-passwords

For other browsers (Edge, Opera, Brave etc), look up from the net on how to export their saved passwords.

Once you have the file, store it on e.g USB thumb drive. If you keep it stored on OS drive, it will go "poof" when you format the drive for clean Win installation.

Guide for Win11 install: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/windows-11-clean-install-tutorial.3831442/

 

[Ralston18]

First concern:

"I have only 24.6 gbs free of 930 gbs". My rule of thumb is to always have at least 20-30% of free disk space on any given disk drive.

Your drive is less than 3%.

Second concern:

"Don't have a restore"

Which I am going to interpret as "no backups".

Before doing anything at all ensure that all important data is backed up at least 2 x to locations away from the system in question. Verify that the data is recoverable and readable.

Use Windows Disk Cleanup (as admin) to free up space. There may be lots of old, temporary files being left on the drive.

Look first and let Windows report on how much space may be freed up with cleaning. If in doubt, cancel out and post what Windows reported.

Remember that you can take screenshots and post those screenshots here via imgur (www.imgur.com > green "New post" icon).