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I am having a Windows installation which fails to boot (BSOD). Safe mode is not working, too. So I created a Windows bootable USB stick and am now in the command prompt from the troubleshoot mode.

The USB stick is mounted on X:, the non-working Windows installation is on C:. I can browse all my personal files etc, so I am sure C: is the correct drive.

To debug further, I want to enable Minidumps. The internet says the following command is the way to go:

wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 3

Done and it says it was successful. Still, there are no Minidumps created. Turns out when I reboot into the recovery, the DebugInfoType is changed back to 7.

When I get all properties using

wmic recovers get

it also shows all paths with X:\ instead of C:.

My suspicion is that the wmic command operates on the currently booted recovery Windows but not for the actually intended installation on C:.

How can I force wmic to operate on behalf of the C:-installation?

The Wavelength
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  • Possible duplicate : https://superuser.com/questions/1398043/externally-enable-minidump-creation-in-windows/1398052#1398052 – lx07 Jan 26 '19 at 12:41
  • Thanks! I was now able to change the setting. Nevertheless, I don't get minidumps. – The Wavelength Jan 26 '19 at 15:04
  • Did you set the page file size to >=400MB? Details in same link. You also have to recreate the error - it will not recreate dumps from historical bugchecks. – lx07 Jan 26 '19 at 15:21
  • I set it to 1GB. I recreated the error (blue screen). Even on the blue screen page it says nothing about dumping memory. I know that from previous BSODs that a text is shown, even with a percentage counter. – The Wavelength Jan 26 '19 at 16:16
  • @moderators: It indeed is a duplicate by the way. – The Wavelength Jan 27 '19 at 16:09

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