The Stop error happens to be a critical system error that cannot be repaired automatically. So, in this tutorial, among many different methods, we will show you how to fix Windows 10 Blue Screen error using the safe mode. You Windows 10 is showing stop error when you start it up? Find out then how to fix it! Note that this method entails you do not have access to your Computer. There are other scenarios where the Blue screen message keeps appearing every now and then, but you can still access your Desktop. In this case, you can simply head to Device manager and uninstall and recently updated driver, or to Control panel and uninstall any recently installed Software.
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The Stop error happens to be a critical system error that cannot be repaired automatically. So, in this tutorial, among many different methods, we will show you how to fix Windows 10 Blue Screen error using the safe mode. You Windows 10 is showing stop error when you start it up? Find out then how to fix it!
Note that this method entails you do not have access to your Computer. There are other scenarios where the Blue screen message keeps appearing every now and then, but you can still access your Desktop. In this case, you can simply head to Device manager and uninstall and recently updated driver, or to Control panel and uninstall any recently installed Software.
If you are having a blue screen and cannot access your desktop, you can fix it by passing through safe mode. To do that, you will need to have a booted USB HDD.
Requirements to fix Windows Blue screen error using safe mode
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Once you have all the requirements, make a bootable USB drive using either Refus or PowerISO. You can equally use a bootable CD.
To enable "safe mode" and fix blue screen error, you will need to use the USB drive and boot into Advanced options. Follow the guide below.
Accessing the Advanced options menu with Windows installation media
To access the Windows Advanced options using the bootable USB drive or installation media, proceed thus;
- Start by powering off your Computer using the power button(since Computer does not start up).
- Next, insert your installation media and power on your Computer. Once your brand icon, press the boot key(Usually F9, F12 on most Computers. You can also configure using BIOS settings which can be accessed using F2 function key).
- Choose your installation media and start the Windows installation.
- Windows will collect all required files and you will see the option to install Windows. Note that here our goal is not to install Windows, but to access the Advanced Options.
- Now, you will be sent to the advanced startup menu where you have different options. On this menu, you should see "Troubleshoot". Click on the troubleshot to continue.
- On the next screen that displays under the troubleshoot options, select Advanced Options to continue.
Entering safe mode from Advanced options
After you have succeeded in accessing the Advanced options using your installation media, you can then activate safe mode by following these steps.
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- On some Computers, you can access the Advanced option without any installation media by pressing and holding the SHIFT Key after powering on.
- While in the advanced options, you will see many different repair possibilities. Since we are going to use safe mode, click on the Startup settings as on the screen capture below.
- When you choose the startup settings, you will need to reboot your Computer in order to choose your preferences. So, click on the restart button at the bottom right to restart your Computer.
- After the restart, you will see different startup settings. You can easily activate the one you like using the different function keys. Use F4 to enable safe mode.
Fix blue screen in safe mode
Now that you have toggled on the safe mode, your Computer will now startup normally. You can now access your desktop.
From your desktop, you can locate and uninstall the latest updates or drivers/software that caused the system crash.
- For incompatible software and system updates, uninstall by accessing the control panel.
- From the control panel, go to uninstall a program, locate and uninstall any software you installed before getting the blue screen error.
- Follow the same steps above as if you were to uninstall a program then click on view installed updates from the left panel to uninstall all recent updates if the system crash occurred after updates.
- For drivers(display drivers usually cause this issue when not compatible), you can uninstall from the device manager.
After uninstalling incompatible software, updates and, or drivers, your Windows blue screen error should be fixed. You will now need to exit safe mode and restart your Computer.
To exit Safe Mode, open the System Configuration tool by opening the Run command. The keyboard shortcut is: Windows key + R) and typing msconfig then Ok. Tap or click the Boot tab, uncheck the Safe mode box, hit Apply, and then Ok. Restarting your machine will then exit Windows 10 Safe Mode
Final say
This method is just one in a million ways for fixing Windows 10 blue screen crash error. Although this will help you fix your Computer, the blue screen error may also be a sign of bad hardware.
That being said, the blue screen error may be complicated in such a way you will have to format and install and new Windows OS on your Computer.
Did you follow our guide and blue scren still persists? leave us a comment and we will reply as fast as possible.
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