How to Fix Blue Screen of Death in Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and Vista?

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The blue screen error is a general error screen displaying a blue screen with error information. It indicates that your computer has a serious issue and needs to shut down and reboot. It could be the most frustrating problem you may face when it happens unpredictably and happens at the worst possbile moment. When you are working on an important report, it happens before you can save this file. Disaster!

Although may things can cause this issue, taking a step-by-step approach to fix blue screen error can shorten your troubleshooting time. Fortunately, Windows Boot Genius is an all-inclusive computer emergency solution that can fix blue screen of death(BSOD), as well as other booting issues like black screen, freezes, crash, etc. It is easy enough for every level of computer user, even a computer novice.

Below I list the common blue screen error messages and the detailed blue screen fix steps by using Windows Boot Genius.

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The Common Blue Screen Error Messages

"The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000109 (0xa3a01f589368b4f2, 0xb3b72bdee5e74fbd, 0xfffff8000013312c, 0x0000000000000001). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 111013-18375-01."

"0xc1900101 - 0x40017 or 0xC1900101-0x20017, 0xC1900101-0x40019 or 0xc1900101 - 0x30018, there may be a fix for your problems."

"irql_driver_not_less_or_equal"

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How to Fix Microsoft Blue Screen of Death on Windows?

Step 1: Burn a Bootable Disk

No matter blue screen happens on startup or after login, you need to burn a boot disk firstly. Insert a blank CD/DVD or a writable USB flash drive into another working computer. Install and launch Windows Boot Genius, and select your device you inserted. Click "Burn" to begin to create a bootable disk.

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Step 2: Boot Computer from CD/DVD or USB

After burning, insert this boot disk to the computer that need to be fixed blue screen. Start this computer and press F12 to BIOS setting, follow the wizard to set CD/DVD or USB as your first boot device. Press F10 to save. Then it will reboot and attempt to boot from CD or USB.

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Step 3: Fix Blue Screen Error

Then you will get the interface of Windows Boot Genius under WinPE. Before you start to fix Windows blue screen, you should backup Windows data in case of data loss (even though the possibility of data loss is slim). Select "Windows Rescue" and then "Windows Backup", follow the wizard to do the rest.

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To get started, choose a solution in "Solution Center". Select "Crash before Loading Bar" to fix blue screen on startup, select "Crash on Loading Bar" to fix blue screen after login, select "Crash after Loading Bar" to fix blue screen shutdown. Under each solution, there are several small utilities, try them one by one.

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Eject this blue screen fix disk, restart Windows, and it will run normally now.

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