blue screen, pc ran into a problem

I have a Compaq model # SR5710F. It came with windows vista. I recently installed Windows 8 pro. Now I get a blue screen and message that "Your pc ran into a problem."

Files that will be sent to Microsoft

C:\windows\minidump\121312-15319-01.dmp
c:\users\betty.home\appdata\local\temp\wer-52400-0.sysdata.xml
c:\windows\memory.dmp


Any help would be great. Thanks.