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Can a Blue Screen of Death corrupt or delete files and other documents stored on the computer's SSD hard drive? (zerobytes.monster)

submitted 4 weeks ago by bOt@zerobytes.monster to c/datahoarder@zerobytes.monster

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Caranthir-Hondero on 2025-04-25 22:00:28.

Of course my files are already backed up elsewhere but I would still like to know if it is true that the blue screen can corrupt or delete files (in 10 days I had 2 blue screens, probably due to a power optimization problem). I wonder if it is worth reinstalling all my files on my PC from my backups on external hard drives.

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[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

At the risk of sounding pedantic, I would invite you to reverse the question.

A Blue Screen of Death on your Windows PC is like the check engine light to a car. It's the indicator to pop the hood and try to understand that there's a fault therein.

Oftentimes, the warnings can be ignored without consequence, but to do so is at your own parent.

BSOD's can't cause a fault in the data in your storage.

The fault in your system that can cause a fault in your storage, can also cause the Blue Screen of Death.

Edit: modern storage file systems and modern operating systems are fairly resilient, usually "journaling" some local catalog of all the successful data writes committed on the drives, and I have yet to corrupt a Windows installation with all of my forced power cycling and sudden restarts across the last 20 years. But, as always, caveat emptor.