trying to fix bsod with windebug but there is no minidump file in c

hey
just got a bsod with that message : page fault in nonpaged area
STOP (0xc8861696 0x00000000 0xc80581756 0x00000000) or something like that

i cannot find the minidump file which should be located in c windows, so the debugger won t work probably and what do you mean by saying "Note: Make certain that your pagefile still resides on the system partition, otherwise Windows will not be able to save the debug files" :confused

os windows xp pro
intel pentium 2,8 1gb ram

thanx in advance

 

Since you are searching the C drive I assume you have got Windows to restart?

You will only get a dump if you have enabled the options in the system properties dialog box.

Hold the windows key down and press pause/break.
On the advance tab choose startup and recovery
Make sure you have set the options to your requirements.
One of this specifies the location of the dump file.

However a dump may not be the only or best way to resolve you problem.

I suggest you run Check Disk asap.

If you would like to provide more information about any recent changes to your system and what happened just before the blue screen.

Look in event viewer

type into the run box

eventvwr.msc

what does it show?

finally what were the exact error codes? Only the first group of numbers need be specified.

 

i was browsing sites when it happened and there were no changes in my os these days i just installed drivers for my new web cam (installed also in my laptop and it s fine)...this pc hadn t any problem whatsoever and without notice i get a blue screen
anyway i opened the event viewer and there s a lot of stuff tell me exactly where to look i could attach some jpeg but i use greek language so i don t know if it would help...
i already checked the path is : %systemroot%/minidump, but it s not there-all the requirements are ok
i didn t see any other codes i wrote down only these sorry!
i ll run a chdsk.... get back to me if you want any additional info and thanx mate for answering...