Is a reinstall necessary to fix possible corruption, even after BSOD has been resolved.

My question is a little strange, and I am having difficulty getting a straight answer through search engines, so I thought I'd go straight to the source. I just built a budget gaming PC and I was having issues with my video driver causing BSODs while playing
Far Cry 3. I resolved the issue by reinstalling my drivers and my game. BUT, I wanted to know: Just because I've fixed my original BSOD errors and my PC is now working fine, is there a chance that future data corruption can happen as a result of the BSODs
forcefully restarting my PC? If so, I plan on reinstalling as a precaution.

Mistabla07,
If you’ve resolved your driver issues and everything is working properly now, you shouldn’t run into any related errors down the
road.  With that being said though, it can’t hurt to go ahead and look for any other errors that might be existing.
In order to do this:
Press your Windows key and X simultaneously. 
This will bring up a menu with administrative tools you can choose from. 
Select Disk Management.
Highlight your C:\ drive by clicking on it.
Right-click on your C:\ drive and select Properties.
Go to the Tools tab. 
This will bring up a tab that has the options for error checking and also to
defragment and optimize your drive.
Click on Check under error checking. 
This will scan your drive for any errors and also repair them.
I hope this helps.
Mike
Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro

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