Vitalic wrote:
not sure why it happened, I had about 12 tabs open in g. chrome and was
multitasking, I have 8gb ram and a intel i3 processor, I guess I
overloaded things? everything seems to be working fine after M$
collected data and I waited for the percentage done counter reached 100%
and rebooted.

You would try to use Event Viewer, to see if the error
got recorded. As any evidence collected after the fact,
can help you determine whether it's a hardware or a
software problem.

Computers don't "overload" like revving the engine
on your car too high.

But, on the other hand, you have to test the machine
for stability when it is new, to help eliminate any
suspicions the hardware is not set up right. If you
manually adjusted the RAM timing for example, set
the timing too aggressively, the computer could
crash at some later time. And that would be
a hardware event.

Intel processors are thoroughly tested at the factory,
and with rare exceptions, it's not likely to be an
actual CPU issue.

Windows 8 makes it hard to get the BSOD information, but
with enough work, you should be able to track down the
details.

*******

I have had one event on Windows 8, which I cannot recollect
happening on another OS. I used a program which had a memory
leak. It used up all system memory. The computer was still
running. I managed to get Task Manager open, but the computer
was so sluggish, that I could not use the cursor keys to select
the program that needed to be killed, to stop it. I tried for
at least an hour, to regain control of the PC. Nothing worked.
So for once, I had to hit the power button, and just switch
it off. But up to the point I switched it off, the computer
was officially "still running". It just wasn't working
in a way useful to anyone outside the computer itself.

Paul