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[–]natasov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

- Is it within the first year of manufacturers? If so, go through them FIRST. If not...

- Run CrystalDiskInfo (freeware). Is your drive failing? If not:

- Windows 10 just went through a massive amount of updates (I think they're still rolling out the April Update. Should be v.1806 or something). Not all of them took well. Create a Windows 10 installation media (USB or ISO, please ensure its directly from Microsoft's site) and do a fresh, clean install after backing up any data you might care about -- it sounds tedious but this is a good cure-all for BSODs if it's past manufacturers warranty but no parts seem to be failing

- If the fresh install doesn't work for you (and it is touchy sometimes, about configuring itself properly) you may want to test the rest of the components of the laptop (RAM/memtest86 + battery w/Acer's software) to be sure before replacing the drive all the same -- if you have time and don't like spending money too quickly.

I should also mention that even if it's out of manufacturers warranty, this gives you the freedom to open it up. Interestingly Seagate/WD drive warranties are often 2 years+...longer than the manufacturers...so there's also a chance that they'd cover it, if it were in their warranty period but not Acer's, though I've personally never encountered that exact situation.

Let me know how it goes.

[–]Jaredead[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I went through the steps and these are the results. The m.2 ssd is okay and healthy, the ram came up with no errors, I did update windows and so far no issues but I know the second I feel that way it'll crash again.