Windows 10: Pc is not working showing stopcode:DRIVER_PNP_WATCHDOG

How to resolve this issue

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How to bypass DRIVER_PNP_WATCHDOG stopcode during windows install.

Hi, I have a DELL vostro laptop at home. For some reason, it has windows boot loader but there are no files on the disk. So I made a bootable usb using rufus (I set everything correctly, GPT and UEFI settings in BIOS as well. My SATA mode is AHCI (we cannot change it in bios). So on booting from the usb drive, the setup loads for some 5 mins and then I get the blue screen of death with the stopcode: DRIVER_PNP_WATCHDOG. The setup never started.

I researched a bit on this and found out that this happens when windows initialises the pnp devices and one of it fails. Now I don't see any hardware failing, maybe something is failing but there's no way to check.

For checking, I tried to run Ubuntu installer using the same usb drive and it works fine. I also tried many other copies of Windows 11 from different sources but all gave the same error.

So what should I do now? How do I bypass this pnp device check and get the setup to run? Thankyou

 

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With the original upgrade to Windows 10 there were no problems running any program or other activity until there was an update to Windows 10 when the "Windows.com/stopcode" problem started. I updated, as suggested, all the conceivable drivers and the problem
still persisted. I set the PC for slow startup and no difference. Some time later for about a month or so the Stopcode issue seemed to go away. Then all of a sudden a "Kmode Extension not handled" problem arose. I again tried to fix the problem as suggested,
and now the Stopcode problem resurfaced.

Not sure how to handle this. all the drivers are updated the PC is in slow startup and what else can I set the PC to to prevent this harassing issue. I would appreciate any help possible.

 

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The tutorials provided are just a list of troubleshooting steps. Use only the steps which apply to you.

Since none of the troubleshooting steps here worked, I'd suggest you do a Clean install.

John