Full fragmented HD and BSoD's

[CFran]

I have a very full hard disk (about 99.3% full) and it's pretty much
fragmented too. Can that lone fact be enough to provoke Blue Screens of
Death?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a very full hard disk (about 99.3% full) and it's pretty much
fragmented too. Can that lone fact be enough to provoke Blue
Screens of Death?

If parts of the hard drive has errors - yes.
Clear up 15%.. Run a CHKDSK and then run a Defrag.

 

[CFran]

If parts of the hard drive has errors - yes.
Clear up 15%.. Run a CHKDSK and then run a Defrag.

Among the BSoD's it can provoke, can it provoke IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
BSoD's?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a very full hard disk (about 99.3% full) and it's pretty
much fragmented too. Can that lone fact be enough to provoke Blue
Screens of Death?

If parts of the hard drive has errors - yes.
Clear up 15%.. Run a CHKDSK and then run a Defrag.

Among the BSoD's it can provoke, can it provoke
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSoD's?

Normally - no - those are driver related or hardware failures.

Go to each of your hardware manufacturer's web pages and grab the
latest/greates drivers and install them. With a drive that full, you may
have trouble - so I stand by my "cleanup 15%" suggestion as well.