Deleting Debug Dump files?

Question

Hi I've read a couple of other posts about these. But can someone give me a little more info on them. My moms computer crashed last week (blue screen of death) I've finally got it back online. Took me forever. But now shes all concerned about the Debug dump files. I tried to delete them but every time they just come back. Am I doing something wrong, or is that normal. Thank you

Answer 1

The answer to your question:



"Debug dump files" are copies of the contents of your computer's memory.



When a program crashes, it will sometimes "dump" some or all of the

contents of RAM to a file on your hard disk. The file is only useful to

a technical support person who is trying to understand why the program

crashed. (Most tech support people have no clue what to do with a dump

file.)



Unless you've been asked to submit a dump file for inspection, feel free

to get rid of them....."



http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-performance/debug-dump-files-and-setup-log-files-in-disk/71569bd2-c212-480b-abd0-c14d68c95cce



And how to clean these files--See excerpt below:



"Windows Error Reporting creates several types of temporary files that are used for error reporting and solution checking. Once you've resolved any problems, or if there are no current problems, you can delete these temporary files. You can clean up temporary files by completing the following steps:



1. Click Start→Programs or All Programs→Accessories→System Tools. Then select Disk Cleanup..."



http://oreilly.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/cleaning-up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html



Good Luck.

Answer 2

This is normal. Dump files are just informational files for technicians to view in the event of an error or crash. Much like the Event Viewer, but less user-friendly and has much more information. They generate daily, every time something happens on the computer basically.



If you want to clean up the computer, just use a program called CCleaner by Piriform and I believe it has an option to clean all log files like those. Check it out!



http://www.ccleaner.com

Answer 3

those are not important deleted or not.