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PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM
The PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM bug check has a value of 0x00000059. This indicates that a problem occurred in the Pinball file system.
Important
This topic is for programmers. If you are a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.
PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
1 |
Specifies source file and line number information. For PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM, the high 16 bits (the first four hexadecimal digits after the "0x") identify the source file by its identifier number. For PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM, the low 16 bits identify the source line in the file where the bug check occurred. |
2 |
Reserved |
3 |
Reserved |
4 |
Reserved |
Cause
One possible cause of this bug check is depletion of nonpaged pool memory. For PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM, if the nonpaged pool memory is completely depleted, this error can stop the system. For PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM, however, during the indexing process, if the amount of available nonpaged pool memory is very low, another kernel-mode driver requiring nonpaged pool memory can also trigger this error.
Resolution for PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM
To resolve a nonpaged pool memory depletion problem: Add new physical memory to the computer. For PINBALL_FILE_SYSTEM, this will increase the quantity of nonpaged pool memory available to the kernel.
Whats a pinball file system?
Windows NT 3.51 can also read and write from local HPFS formatted drives. However, Microsoft discouraged using HPFS in Windows NT 4 and in subsequent versions despite upgrades to NT 4.1 operating satisfactorily with servers pre-formatted with HPFS. Microsoft even removed the ability of NT 3.51 to format an HPFS file system. Starting with Windows NT 4 the filesystem driver pinball.sys enabling the read/write access is not included in a default installation anymore. Later Windows versions do not ship with this driver.
HPFS (High Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system. It was written by Gordon Letwin and others at Microsoft and added to OS/2 version 1.2, at that time still a joint undertaking of Microsoft and IBM, and released in 1988.
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