Support Added to Ntoskrnl.exe and Savedump.exe to Save Mini Dumps (262077)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q262077

SUMMARY

Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server include the ability for the Windows 2000 kernel and the Savedump.exe tool to extract a mini dump from a full kernel dump.

MORE INFORMATION

A single field has been added to the memory dump file header, which points to all the symbols that are used to create a valid mini crash dump file. You can use this information when you are performing kernel-mode debugging of mini dump (64 KB) files. In addition, Savedump.exe has a new block of code that automatically writes a mini dump file concurrently when it writes a full dump. The mini dump file is saved in the %SystemRoot%\Minidump folder, and has the following file name format:

Mini000000-instance_count.dmp

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/3/2003
Keywords:kbinfo KB262077
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