How to open DMP memory dump file.

I would not install the MS debugging tools - unless you are really interested in how to understand crash dump files (most people aren't).   That advice is flaccid.

You should remove any kind of DMP or .dmp or dump files on your desktop - that is not where they belong.

Look in your c:\windows\minidump folder and if you have 51 dump files (files that have a .dmp extension), I would delete the all so the minidump folder is empty and that will give you a "fresh" start.

The, after that, if your system crashes and you get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), start a new thread about that crash and somebody that actually knows how XP works and already has the debugging tools installed and knows how to use them can help you figure out what is going on.  Your system should not be crashing. 

Sometimes the crashes are easy to figure out, sometimes you might need to accumulate 4 or 5 crash dumps to get enough clues to figure out the problem.

Here is how you should have your system set up:

Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery Settings.

In the System failure section:

Put a check mark in the "Write an event to the system log" box

Put a check mark in the "Send an administrative alert" box

Uncheck the "Automatically restart" box

In the Write debugging information section, choose:

Small memory dump (64 KB)

Set the Small dump directory to:

%SystemRoot%\Minidump

Click OK, OK to save the settings.

Restart your computer and then wait for the next restart/crash.

Remember that Support Engineers (and sometimes Forum Moderators) will reply to any new post ASAP as long as the reply contains a link to a KB article, their work is done.  The reply doesn't have to work, it doesn't have to be right and it doesn't even have to make sense - it just has to have a link to a KB article to "count" for their quotas.

Hi,

I'd suggest you to refer this article in order to open DMP files.

How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging

Pretty sure your  saying the same thing as me Same here! Where how can I send Microsoft feedback and or error reports and or mem DUMPS!

If you can't get into Windows, try going into Safe Mode (rapidly tapping the F8 key just before the Windows Splash Screen shows up.

    Please provide the following information:

        - Please zip up the contents of the C:\Windows\Minidump directory

        - Upload it to the Public area of a SkyDrive account ( https://skydrive.live.com )

        - Post a link here so we can download it.

    and

        - Go to Start and type in "msinfo32" and press Enter

        - When the utility opens, save a copy of it as an .nfo file, and another copy as a .txt file

        - Zip them up and upload them to the Public area of a SkyDrive account ( https://skydrive.live.com )

        - Post a link here so we can download it.

     http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65

    Use SkyDrive to upload the collected files:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65

Instructions courtesy of http://www.carrona.org/

    And                               http://sysnative.com

                                          More reading at both.

Hello   Azeez N   and  Thanks  for  your  reply.

I  had  read  that  article , but  I  don't  think  it  is  a  minidump  file ; if  it  is  it  is  gigantic - 0.99Gb 

in  relation  to  the  minidump  files  I  have -  all  51  are  93Kb  and  they  are  all  in  C\windows\MINIDUMP  whereas  the  0.99Gb  DMP  file  was  in  C\windows.  Anyway , I  do not  have  a Windows  installation  CD  , only  a  Recovery  CD   so  no  DUMPCHK  access  and  I  tried  before  to  install  the  Debugging  Tools  and  needed  to  install  NET 4, huge  and  timeconsuming  and  I  had  peroblems  when  I  tried  and  gave  up.

Hi  again  Joselbarra  and  Thank  you  for  your  reply.

The  reason  the  0.99Gb  DMP  file is  on  my Desktop  is  because  it  was causing  the  'bugcheck'  on  every  boot  when  it  was  in  C\windows  and  I  did  not  want  to  delete  it  hoping  to  open  it and  see  if it  shed  any  light  on  my  crashes.

I  have  my  computer  set  to  %SystemRoot%\Minidump  and  have  another  thread  in  this  forum   with  some  of  the  minidump  files  listed ,  but  the  crashes  were  all  random driver  crashes  so  the  cause  was  not  obtained ;  your  very  kind self  assisted,

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_xp-performance/is-windows-registry-related-to-dlls-help-multiple/b6105c63-0028-4f5e-809e-29533aa8b844?page=2

 and  I  did  as  you  suggested  and  have  accumulated  more  minidumps  but  the  random  nature  has  not  enklightened  me  and  most  were  Windows  drivers.

That  is  why  I  wanted  to  open  this  Large  DMP  file .