HELPPPPP Blue screen error just now!!!

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

I think it might be a driver issue.
Have you bought a new mouse or webcam or something?
Recently updated your drivers?

[Edwardo Piet]

No this computer is years and years old, not the last 2 years... It may be the most powerful computer I've ever had (I've always had computers several years older than the year I was in) But it still can barely run WoW (on absolute minimum specs) and can't even run Diablo 3 for the PC, and that game is 3 years old now.

Even LoL crashes all the time. And it was talking forever to reinstall LoL, and now I restored my computer to an earlier point before the install

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

First step in solving any Blue screen is finding out what triggers the Blue screen.

Does it happen when you do something particular on your computer? Try to remember if there is something that is triggering it

[SteelCurtain]

p0rn

[Reforged]

No this computer is years and years old, not the last 2 years... It may be the most powerful computer I've ever had (I've always had computers several years older than the year I was in) But it still can barely run WoW (on absolute minimum specs) and can't even run Diablo 3 for the PC, and that game is 3 years old now.

Even LoL crashes all the time. And it was talking forever to reinstall LoL, and now I restored my computer to an earlier point before the install

Dells are prone to this kind of thing. Trust me, I had one for my first laptop and it behaved exactly the same way. Cheap parts, poorly designed, overpriced. You're lucky this didn't happen sooner. Could be harddrive failure, ram failure, cpu failure or gpu failure but the reasons why it happened could vary. Even people from Microsoft don't know what half of these blue screens mean. Overheating would be my guess, very common problem with laptops. Could we have a list of specs?

HP may be a better choice next time. I tend not to bother with laptops myself but I did alot of research for someone and HP seemed to come out on top everytime. Keep in mind however that it is a bad idea to use a laptop as your main PC. These things cost a bomb, age like bannanas and if a part fails you can't replace it. Using it simply as a pc when you're on the go is more advisable.
Investing in a good anti-virus might be a good idea too. I go with Kaspersky Internet Security on my rig because they're consistently near the top. The only problem you might have with it is sometimes its abit overzealous but this is easily fixed. I also have a free version of malware-bytes to pick up on anything Kaspersky misses.

[bennyboy]

The first thing you need to do, if you don't have a backup system, is to take your computer (or at least your hard drive) to literally any little computer shop and get your data backed up. The computer, in the scheme of things, isn't worth much, nor is your current Windows installation. The years of collected pictures, documents, etc. are probably priceless.

As for the BSOD, I'm surprised you got one, as I haven't seen one in many years. Are you running an old computer or an old OS? If so, you can build a pretty sweet new computer on your own for about $500 these days-- maybe $300 if you can rescue your hard drive, reuse your case, and just replace the motherboard, RAM and cpu. If your comp is older than 2 years, I can almost guarantee that building a new one will be cheaper, less stressful, and result in a better system, than trying too hard to save your current unit.

[Edwardo Piet]

Well I don't really have any documents that I couldn't get hold of again.... there's nothing on this hard-drive I could really miss.

I'm not worried about losing any data... I've only had this computer a few months.

My computer is a Dell Lattitude E4300

[Edwardo Piet]

As for the BSOD, I'm surprised you got one, as I haven't seen one in many years.  Are you running an old computer or an old OS?  If so, you can build a pretty sweet new computer on your own for about $500 these days-- maybe $300 if you can rescue your hard drive, reuse your case, and just replace the motherboard, RAM and cpu. 

That's a lot of money for me. I get less money than that every 2 weeks and then it all just goes on rent and food. I struggle to get something worth $20 never mind in the hundreds. All my money is spent on the day it comes in every 2 weeks. I pretty much have zero pennies (I'm in the UK) all the time.

[bennyboy]

Well I don't really have any documents that I couldn't get hold of again.... there's nothing on this hard-drive I could really miss.

I'm not worried about losing any data... I've only had this computer a few months.

My computer is a Dell Lattitude E4300

If you don't have important data, then I'd just reinstall Windows.  A reinstallation takes maybe a couple hours.  Trying to figure out what's wrong with a system takes an unknown amount of time, and may involve days of trolling tech forums, plugging and unplugging components into/out of your motherboard, and in general hating life.

One thing you can do, right now, is to clean the lint and dust out of all your fans, especially the CPU and graphics card fans.  I once had a "faulty" graphics card that ran like a champ after I remembered that fans are things.  Might be an easy first try.

[Edwardo Piet]

Hmmm I have no installiation disk.