A user reports that their Windows 10 laptop suddenly displays a blue screen with a STOP code and then restarts automatically. According to the CompTIA A+ 220-1202 objectives for troubleshooting common Windows OS issues, which symptom classification BEST describes this behavior?
The described symptom is a blue screen of death (BSOD), which occurs when Windows encounters a critical kernel-level error and stops to prevent data loss. Other options (degraded performance, low-memory warning, and time drift) describe different issues and do not involve an immediate system stop with a STOP code. See Microsoft Support for details on BSOD behavior.
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