Your PC Ran into a Problem and Needs to Restart in Windows 10

Summary: While there are many blogs related to Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors, this blog particularly addresses the error- ‘Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart’ and ways to fix it. This BSOD error may lead your system to malfunction or crash altogether. Read this complete guide to learn the best ways to get rid of this error. You can also use Stellar Data Recovery Professional, a powerful data recovery tool to recover your data lost due to this error. You may download the trial version for free.

Sometimes, after installing a certain Windows update or while working on your PC, you may encounter an error message- ‘PC ran into a problem and needs to restart’ on your screen. (See Image 1). It is a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error that may appear with different stop codes such as:

• MEMORY MANAGEMENT
• SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED
• CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
• IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
• UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME
• WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
• PFN_LIST_CORRUPT

You may also receive error codes such as 0xc0000001, 0x000000f4, 0x80070005, etc.