How Do I Fix BAD_POOL_HEADER Error in Windows 8?

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Windows 8

By tomshardware, APRIL 15, 2013 9:23:22 AM Member since: JULY 9, 2009

How Do I Fix BAD_POOL_HEADER Error in Windows 8? BAD_POOL_HEADER error is displayed on the computer screen (usually along with blue screen o death! when physical memory issues occur" #or e$ample% i a hard dis& dri'e or RA( ails to per orm certain tas&s% )indows * displays BAD_POOL_HEADER error"

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Best practices say that under such circumstances% administrators must always re resh )indows * because o the ollowing ad'antages o'er resetting the computer.

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