How To Fix Blue Screen in Windows (New Guide)
5How To Fix Blue Screen in Windows (2025)
How to fix blue screen errors on your Windows computers.
Blue Screen errors (also sometimes called black screen errors or STOP code errors) can occur if a serious problem causes Windows to shut down or restart unexpectedly. You might see a message that says, "Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer." These errors can be caused by both hardware and software problems. If you added new hardware to your PC before the Blue Screen error, shut down your PC, remove the hardware, and try restarting. If you're having trouble restarting, you can start (boot) your PC in safe mode.
How to troubleshoot blue screen during an upgrade
A lot of times you'll run into a BSOD as you try to upgrade to a new version of Windows 10. Typically, the reason could be a result of a third-party application, such as antivirus and security software, or incompatible hardware.
When you get the blue screen error, your system will automatically roll back any changes and restore the previous version of the OS.
You can troubleshoot this problem while trying to upgrade by doing the following.
"blue screen" (or "stop error") could appear while upgrading to a new version of the OS, when starting your computer, or just "out of the blue" when using Windows 10.
The biggest issue with a blue screen is that it's literally a screen with a blue background and a sad face with not enough information to tell you the problem.
You'll usually (not always) see a message that reads: "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for you." And a general error code (HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAID, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGE_AREA, CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED or BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO, for example) that can give you a clue of the issue. But most of the time it's not enough to fix the problem.
Fortunately, you can often narrow down the blue screen to a problem with an update for Windows or a bad driver, incompatible software, or hardware you recently configured.
Errors addressed in this tutorial (among many others):
Fix blue screen DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Fix blue screen of death MEMORY MANAGEMENT error
Fix blue screen MEMORY MANAGEMENT
ATIKMPAG.SYS blue screen fix Windows
Fix blue screen CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
Fix blue screen UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION
Fix blue screen SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Fix blue screen PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Fix blue screen KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE
Fix blue screen BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO
Fix blue screen IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Fix blue screen VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (atikmpag.sys)
Fix blue screen DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Fix blue screen SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
Fix blue screen DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
Fix blue screen INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
Fix blue screen VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL
Fix blue screen DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION
Fix blue screen THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER
Fix blue screen WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
Fix blue screen REGISTRY_ERROR
Fix blue screen MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
Fix blue screen NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
Fix blue screen KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
Fix blue screen CDFS_FILE_SYSTEM
Fix blue screen PNP_DETECTED_FATAL_ERROR
Fix blue screen CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
Fix blue screen DRIVER_OVERRAN_STACK_BUFFER
Fix blue screen HARDWARE_INTERRUPT_STORM
Fix blue screen STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED
Fix blue screen DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
Fix blue screen ACPI_BIOS_ERROR
Fix blue screen SESSION_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
Fix blue screen POOL_CORRUPTION_IN_FILE_AREA
Fix blue screen FAT_FILE_SYSTEM
Fix blue screen HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
Fix blue screen UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
Fix blue screen INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR
Fix blue screen WINLOGON_FATAL_ERROR
Fix blue screen KERNEL_MODE_HEAP_CORRUPTION
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).
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