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This wikiHow teaches you how to fix the Bluish Screen of Death (BSoD, Black screen in Windows 11) on a Windows computer. The BSoD is typically a issue of improperly installed software, hardware, or settings, meaning that information technology is usually fixable. In some cases, though, the BSoD appears due to a corrupt operating organization or hardware inside of the computer, meaning that you lot'll either need to reinstall your operating system or take your computer into a tech department to have it fixed.

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   Consider your recent deportment on the computer. Did yous install a piece of software, plug in a new piece of hardware, download custom drivers, or change the settings? If and then, the recent modify you made is probably the reason for the Blue Screen of Death, so repairing it will depend on that alter.

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   See if your computer is unusually hot. If you've been running your figurer on high-performance settings for several hours—particularly if the calculator doesn't have adequate circulation or if you alive in a particularly warm environment—the Blueish Screen of Death can appear. If so, turn off your calculator the kickoff chance that you get and leave information technology off for a few hours.

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   Run the Bluish Screen troubleshooter. If this is the first time you've encountered a Blueish Screen of Expiry on your computer, you tin can run your PC'due south Bluish Screen troubleshooter to try to diagnose the issue:

   • Open up Start .
   • Click Settings .
   • Click Update & Security.
   • Click the Troubleshoot tab.
   • Click Blueish Screen.
   • Click Run the troubleshooter.
   • Review the resulting solutions and follow any on-screen instructions.

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   Remove whatsoever unnecessary hardware. Things like USB flash drives, Ethernet or HDMI cables, controllers, printer cables, SD cards, and and then on tin exist removed from your computer without impacting the computer'southward performance. Furthermore, flaws in hardware items such every bit these can trigger a Bluish Screen of Death and continue to trigger it until they are removed.

   • You tin typically keep your mouse and keyboard plugged into your reckoner, especially if they came with the computer itself when information technology was brand-new.

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   Wait for your computer to restart. One time the Blueish Screen of Expiry appears, Windows will diagnose the problem, effort to set whatever the issue is, and and then restart. If your computer restarts like usual and doesn't run into a Blue Screen error again, yous can make some changes correct from your desktop.

   • If the BSOD appears again while your figurer is attempting to restart, check its error lawmaking. If the mistake lawmaking is 0x000000EF, yous should immediately skip ahead to the side by side role. If not, try rebooting in Safe Mode.

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   Run a virus scan . While rare, sometimes viruses tin can play a trick on your computer into thinking that it's malfunctioning, which tin in turn cause the BSOD crash.

   • If the virus scan comes up with whatever malicious software, remove information technology immediately.
   • If the virus browse sends software settings suggestions (e.g., battery life) to you during the browse, try implementing them. A flawed setting may cause the BSoD to appear.

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   Empathise what this error means. The "Disquisitional Process Died" error refers to an instance in which an of import hardware component (e.g., your hard drive) or a mandatory software attribute either didn't start upwards correctly or stopped of a sudden.

   • This error can be piffling, just if you see it happen multiple times in a row or you're unable to first your calculator without running into the BSoD, information technology indicates a more serious effect.

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   Make certain you've encountered the correct error. The "Disquisitional Process Died" mistake returns the code 0x000000EF. If you meet a different code, skip to the next part.

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   Determine whether this is the first time yous're encountering this fault. If you received this fault one time and then were able to use your estimator normally, information technology may exist that your computer had a pocket-sized problem when loading drivers. If you lot've received this error two or more than times in a relatively short amount of time, however, you should go on with attempting to prepare the error.

   • If you're unable to use your computer without receiving this error, you demand to take your computer into a reputable repair service or shop—information technology may exist that your difficult drive or processor is failing, in which case in that location's zip y'all can do from your end.

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   Open Outset . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The First menu will popular up.

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   Open Command Prompt in administrator mode. Type in command prompt to search for Command Prompt, then right-click

   Command Prompt and click Run every bit ambassador in the driblet-down menu.

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   Click Yep when prompted. Doing so will open the Command Prompt window.

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   Enter the Arrangement File Checker control. Type in sfc /scannow and press ↵ Enter . Windows will begin scanning for bug.

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   Look for the scan to complete. Windows will attempt to fix whatsoever bug it encounters. Once the scan is complete, you can keep.

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   Restart your computer. Click Commencement

   , click Power

   , and click Restart in the pop-upwards menu.

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    Attempt running the Deployment Paradigm Servicing and Direction (DISM) service. If you lot still receive the "Critical Process Died" fault on occasion but can still admission your figurer, endeavor doing the following:

    • Re-open Command Prompt in ambassador mode.
    • Type in Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth and printing ↵ Enter .
    • Type in Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth and press ↵ Enter .
    • Type in Dism /Online /Cleanup-Prototype /RestoreHealth and printing ↵ Enter .
    • Wait for whatever processes to cease running, and so restart your computer.

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    Take your reckoner into a reputable repair shop. If the steps in this section haven't fixed the error or you're unable to access your reckoner without the BSOD appearing, you'll need to take your computer into a professional person repair service. Since the "Critical Process Died" error often refers to hardware, your hard drive, processor, or RAM may be corrupted and in need of recovery.

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   Sympathize what this error means. This means that at that place was a problem reading or writing files in the computer registry, and some applications may cease working properly.^[1]

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   Await for automatic repair to fix your computer. If the registry mistake occurred while updating, your computer may fail to boot commonly. Let automated repair fix the broken registry keys and try again.

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   Reinstall any programs that fail to start. This fault is severe enough to make your computer unresponsive when programs with missing registry keys are run. To do so, go to the app list in Settings, and click on "Repair" later on clicking on "Modify".

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   Repair Windows. In astringent cases, Windows volition not beginning. Use installation media to repair Windows. Plug in the Windows installation media, select your language, then click on "Repair your computer". For more than data on creating installation media, see Reinstall Windows.

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   Reinstall Windows. This should be washed if all else fails. Apply a Windows installer or a network connexion to restore factory settings. This will remove all of your information, including files, product keys, apps, and browsing history.

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   Wait for the "Choose an option" screen to appear. If your computer restarts, is unable to fix the problem, and then restarts twice more than, y'all'll arrive at this screen.^[2]

   • If you lot want to restart from the desktop instead, open Start , click Power , and hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Restart.
   • If you would rather just restore a previous version of Windows, skip to the "Restoring a Previous Version of Windows" section.

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   Click Troubleshoot . It's a symbol of a screwdriver and a wrench on this page.

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   Click Advanced options . You lot'll observe this on the "Troubleshoot" page.

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   Click Startup Settings . Information technology's a gear-shaped symbol on the right side of the folio.

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   Click Restart . You'll find it in the lower-right side of the page.

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   Press the four cardinal to select Safe Mode. Exercise so on the bluish "Startup Settings" folio. This will crusade your computer to reboot into Rubber Style, which will load only the programs and hardware needed to make Windows run.

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   Open up Start . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

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   Blazon deejay cleanup into Start. Doing then searches your computer for the Disk Cleanup utility.

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   Click Disk Cleanup . It's a wink drive-shaped icon at the top of the Start window.

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   Click Clean upward system files . You'll observe this in the lower-left side of the window.

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   Check every box in the window. This will help get rid of all temporary files stored past your computer'southward system, which may solve the BSOD.

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   Click OK . It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will prompt Disk Cleanup to delete the files.

   • The deletion process may take a few minutes, especially if you've never deleted your estimator's temporary files.

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   Open Offset . Click the Windows logo in the lesser-left corner of the screen.

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   Open up Settings . Click the gear-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the Start window.

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   Click Update & security. Yous'll observe this in the lower-left side of the Settings window.

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   Click the Windows Update tab. It's in the summit-left corner of the window.

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   Click Check for updates . This button is at the top of the folio.

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   Await for the updates to install. In one case the updates terminate installing, Windows will well-nigh likely restart.

   • Windows may restart several times, and you may have to activate Safety Mode again before proceeding.

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   Open up Get-go . Click the Windows logo in the lesser-left corner of the screen.

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   Open Settings . Click the gear-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the Start window.

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   Click Apps . It'south on the Settings page.

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   Click the Apps & features tab. You'll discover this in the upper-left side of the window.

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   Find a recently installed app. Any app that you recently installed needs to be removed, since flawed or cleaved apps can easily cause the BSOD to appear.

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   Click the app. Doing so will prompt a push to appear below the app.

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   Click Uninstall . Information technology'south below the bottom-right corner of the app'south window.

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   Click Uninstall when prompted. This is below the app. Doing and so will remove the app from your figurer, though you may need to follow a couple of on-screen prompts to finalize the removal.

   • You'll repeat this procedure for each recently installed app here.

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   Open Start . Click the Windows logo in the lesser-left corner of the screen.

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   Type device manager into Start. This searches for the Device Manager program.

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   Click Device Manager. It's at the top of the Start window.

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   Double-click a category of hardware. This volition expand the hardware's category and display any currently used items (e.one thousand., flash drives, printers, etc.) that utilize that hardware office.

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   Select an item. Click on a piece of hardware that you recently installed in the menu beneath the hardware category.

   • For example, if you recently installed a wireless keyboard for a laptop, y'all would select the wireless keyboard's name after double-clicking the Keyboards hardware category.

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   Click the "Update" push button. It resembles a black box with a green upwards-facing pointer at the meridian of the window.

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   Click Search automatically for updated commuter software . It's the superlative selection in the popular-up window. Doing so will search for drivers and install them if necessary.

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   Click Close when prompted. It'south at the bottom of the window.

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   Remove the item. If there is no update available for the item, try deleting information technology from Device Managing director to meet if that resolves the BSOD. To delete an item, click the detail to select it, then click the cerise Ten icon at the superlative of the window.

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   Restart your estimator to the "Startup Options" screen. Click Commencement

   , click Power

   , and hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Restart.

   • If you're already at this screen because your computer attempted and failed to restart several times, skip this step.

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   Click Troubleshoot . It's an image of a screwdriver and a wrench.

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   Click Advanced options . You'll discover this on the "Troubleshoot" folio.

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   Click System Restore . Information technology's on the left side of the "Avant-garde Options" page.

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   Wait for your computer to finish restarting. This may take several minutes.

   • You may need to log into your reckoner before proceeding.

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   Click Next . It'south at the bottom of the Organisation Restore pop-upward window.

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   Select a restore bespeak. Click a restore indicate that'southward set before today (e.g., before the Blueish Screen of Death incident) to select it.

   • Organization restore points are unremarkably created when y'all update or install a significant piece of software or hardware.
   • If yous've never backed upward your computer and you don't encounter a restore point here, try resetting Windows instead.

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   Click Next .

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   Click End . Information technology's at the lesser of the window. Doing and so will prompt your figurer to begin restoring the selected fill-in.

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    Expect for your estimator to finish restoring. In one case it does, you can resume using your computer as usual.

    • If the Bluish Screen of Decease reappears, you may need to restore an earlier backup.

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   Open up Showtime . Click the Windows logo in the lesser-left corner of the screen.

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   Open Settings . Click the gear-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the Start window.

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   Click Update & security. It's on the Settings page.

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   Click Recovery . This tab is in the left-mitt cavalcade of options.

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   Click Become started . It's below the "Reset this PC" heading at the elevation of the window.

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   Select a reset option. Click ane of the post-obit options:

   • Go on my files - Keeps your files and folders when resetting your PC.
   • Remove everything - Completely clears your hard drive. Make sure that you have a backup of your documents and files stored elsewhere (e.g., an external hard drive) if you choose this option.

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   Click Next . Information technology'south on a alert most non being able to get back to Windows 7.

   • If you chose Remove everything in the last window, you'll first click either Just remove my files or Remove files and clean the drive before this step.

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   Click Reset . Information technology's at the bottom of the window. Your computer will reset itself. This tin accept anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.

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   Click Continue when prompted. This will take you to the desktop, which should now be functioning normally.

   • If y'all're still running into the BSOD at this point, it's time to have your estimator into a professional repair service to take it checked.

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Add New Question

• Question

  What are other causes of a blue screen of death on Windows?

  

  If your system runs fine, then the culprit may exist the system registry. Just restore the arrangement to its last good land.

• Question

  What is the blue screen of death?

  

  It is when Windows itself crashes, usually with a message like, 'Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.'

• Question

  What if I go into safe mode and my reckoner even so crashes?

  

  If your computer is crashing in safe fashion, you probably need to reinstall Windows.

• Question

  How do I go back to the blackness screen with the starting time-up options?

  

  Press F8 on Windows before starting. The Windows icon shows up in Windows viii and 10, then you hold Shift and printing Restart.

• Question

  I cannot become anything to come up, but the bare screen. Please advise?

  

  Check for whatsoever beep that sounds during the bootup -- if yeah, then observe the frequency and duration of the beeps. Exercise an online search with respect to your motherboard's manufacturer. If there is no sound/beep there, and the CPU and the SMPS fans are working fine, so reinstall your RAM.

• Question

  What do I do if a blue screen shows upward, simply the commencement-up push button does not prove upwards?

  

  Beginning in condom mode and curlicue back the previous change, or just put in the OS deejay and choose repair options.

• Question

  What do I practice if my tablet won't ability on anymore?

  

  Check your battery, then your charging ports and power connecters. If all else fails, have information technology to a professional.

• Question

  How do I fix a stuck shutdown procedure on my computer?

  

  Press and hold the power button until the reckoner powers off (max time will accept 20 secs).

• Question

  What should I do if I get a message saying IQRL_NOT_LESS_OR _EQUAIL and SYSTEM_PTE_MISUSE?

  

  This is caused past an inaccessible boot device error and could bespeak that your hard drive is bad (or going bad). Try reinstalling Windows from the original media; if it finds your previous Windows installation, it will identify your user files in C:\WINDOWS.Quondam. If it won't reinstall due to errors, it's near likely time to replace your difficult drive.

• Question

  I am using Windows 10 Pro and am getting a blue screen with a code 0x00002e3. I can not get into safe style or repair manner. How practise I fix this?

  

  This is caused past an inaccessible kicking device error, and could indicate that your hard drive is bad (or going bad). Try reinstalling Windows from the original media; if it finds your previous Windows installation, it will identify your user files in C:\WINDOWS.OLD. If it won't reinstall due to errors, information technology'southward most likely time to replace your hard drive.

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• The Blue Screen of Death isn't equally much of a death sentence as it used to be; by and large, it'southward merely because your computer was on for also long or can't support a software update.

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• Some computers are likewise old to be upgraded (i.e. upgrading a 2008 computer to Windows 10). Updating such a calculator tin can cause it to crash into the BSoD.

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