Windows Hardware Error Architecture Overview

Windows 10, version 1903 includes a simplified interface to WHEA. For more info, see the following pages:

• WheaAddErrorSourceDeviceDriver
• WheaReportHwErrorDeviceDriver
• WheaRemoveErrorSourceDeviceDriver
• WHEA_ERROR_SOURCE_CONFIGURATION_DEVICE_DRIVER
• WHEA_ERROR_SOURCE_UNINITIALIZE_DEVICE_DRIVER
• WHEA_ERROR_SOURCE_INITIALIZE_DEVICE_DRIVER

This section includes the following topics:

Hardware Errors and Error Sources

Relationship between Microsoft Windows and the System Firmware

Components of the Windows Hardware Error Architecture

Error Processing

Error Records

Error Record Persistence Mechanism

Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)

Differences from Previous Versions of Microsoft Windows