Q: I have had about four blue screen over two months with the same error code which is Bad_pool_Caller (0x000000c2 0x00000007 0x00000cd4 0x02060001 0x897S02C50) and I have a Pentium D 3.2GHz 2GB RAM Geforce 8800 GT If you need more info please just ask. If I have to reinstall windows is there some way I can keep all my files because I have a load of games supreme commander 8GB lord of the rings battle for middle earth also big and others so if I could backup my files so I can still play them please say.
A: Bad_pool_Caller is usually caused by a bad driver or kernel-mode process trying to perform a memory process. If you have installed any new hardware or updated drivers recently, this could be the issue. Remove recent software and/or drivers. If like me you are always updating drivers and installing software then your best bet would be to do a system restore back through the restore points until the error goes away. The name of the system restore point that rectifies the problem should give you a clue to which software/driver caused the problem and it should be safe to reinstall the others. Failing that it could be memory failing, so get your self memtest and run it overnight. (It boots from a floppy outside windows.)