Fix Critical structure corruption error in Windows 10

Some Windows 10 users are complaining about a fatal error that causes BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) error on their computer and restarts their devices. According to them, their computer suddenly stops with a blue screen and an error message appears stating "Your PC has encountered a problem and needs to restart... Error: CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION". This problem usually occurs when an existing piece of hardware fails, or when an existing driver optimizes the kernel data. If you experience the same situation on your end, don't worry. Just follow these fixes closely and your problem will be resolved will be solved in no time, but before proceeding to the main solutions, first follow these workarounds to try an easier solution to your problem.

Workarounds -

1. If this is the first time you encounter this problem on your device, a manual restart might solve your problem.

2. Check whether Windows is updated or not. Many driver updates are rolled out to users with Windows Updates . If your Windows is not updated, wait for Windows to download and install the updates on your computer. Restart your computer to complete the process.

3. Eject all unnecessary peripherals (external drives, extra speakers) from your computer. After ejecting them from your computer, restart your computer.

4 Check your power connection (mainly the power supply ) for errors.

If these workarounds didn't work for you, try these solutions.

But before proceeding with the solutions, it's better to create a system restore point on your computer. If something goes wrong, you can restore your computer to the previous state from the restore point.

Fix-1 Clean boot your computer-

Clean booting your computer ensures that the computer starts with only the required drivers. Follow these steps to clean boot your computer.

1. Press Windows Key+R to start Run. In Run , type msconfig and click OK . The System Configuration window opens.

2.Now in the System Configuration window , go to the " General " tab and uncheck the box next to " Load startup items ". Make sure that the " Load system services " option is checked.

3.Now go to the " Services " tab. Next, enable the Hide All Microsoft Services option . Click Disable All . Now click " Apply " and " OK " to save the changes on your computer.

4. Reboot your computer , it will start in clean mode.

In clean boot mode, the problem should be resolved.

Fix-2 Uninstall Display Driver-

Uninstalling the display driver and then restarting the computer fixed this problem for many Windows 10 users.

1. Press Windows Key+X , and then click Device Manager in the elevated window to open the Device Manager window .

2. Now in the  Device Manager window, find " Display Adapter " in the list and click on it to expand it. Now in the drop-down menu , right -click on the  graphics driver you are using,  click " Uninstall device .".

3. Now, after the uninstall process is complete, close the Device Manager window .

Restart your device to save the changes. When the computer restarts, the display driver should be reinstalled. Your problem should be solved.

Fix-3 Uninstall some programs-

Some Windows users claim to solve their problem by uninstalling few programs from their system. We have given a list of programs, uninstall them from your computer and your problem may be solved.

1. Press Windows Key+R to start Run , and then type " appwiz.cpl ." and then press Enter . The Programs and Features window will open.

2. In the Programs and Features window, scroll through the list of installed applications and then try to find any of the applications mentioned below and double click on each of the applications to uninstall them one by one.

List of Applications-

Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager
Alkohol 120 %
Android-Emulator
Bluestacks
Virtuelle Box
Deamon-Tools

The uninstall process may take a while depending on the application size and type.

3. After the applications are uninstalled, close the Program and Features window . Restart your computer to save the changes on your system.

After restarting, your problem should be resolved.

Fix-4 Run SFC scan on your computer-

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SFC tool (System File Checker) scans your computer for system errors due to corrupted files and tries to fix them with the cached copy of that file. This might solve your problem-

1. Click on the search box next to the Windows icon and type " cmd " and then right click on " Command Prompt t" and then click on "Run as administrator ". Now click " Yes " to grant access to User Account Control (UAC) . The Command Prompt window opens with administrator privileges.

2. Now copy and paste this command into the Command Prompt window and then press Enter to run it.

sfc/scannow

Now if the above command gives you an error on your computer, copy and paste this command and press Enter to run it.

sfc/scannow/offbootdir=c:\/offwindir=c:\windows

Wait a while as the SFC scan may take a while.

Once the process is complete, restart your computer.

3. Now press Windows Key+R again to start Run , then type " cmd " and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter . Now click " Yes " to allow User Account Control (UAC)  access to open the Command Prompt window with administrative privileges.

4. Now in the Command Prompt window, copy and paste these commands into Command Prompt one by one and then press Enter after each of them to run them.

Dism / Online / Cleanup-Image / CheckHealth
Dism/Online/Cleanup-Image/ScanHealth
Dism/Online/Cleanup-Image/RestoreHealth

Wait a while as the DISM process may take a while.

Restart your computer to complete the process. After restarting, check if the problem still bothers you or not.

Fix-5 Check your hard drive for errors-

Errors on the hard drive can lead to this error. Check your hard drive simply by running a command from the Command Prompt window .

1. Press Windows Key+R to start Run . Type " cmd " and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter . Click Yes to grant access to User Account Control. This will open Command Prompt with administrative privileges.

2. Type " CHKDSK /r C: " in the Command Prompt window and press Enter . Press " J ". The disk check will be performed the next time you restart your computer.

Note- Replace " C: " with the drive letter of the Windows installation directory.

Wait a while as this process may take some time.

Close the Command Prompt window . Restart your computer. After restarting, check if your computer is still experiencing the same problem.

Fix-6 Run Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool-

CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION can be caused by a corrupt memory issue on your computer. Run the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to analyze the errors during the reboot.

1. Press Windows Key + R to start Run, then type " mdsched.exe " and press Enter. The Windows memory diagnostic tool will open.

2. In the Windows Memory Diagnostic window, click " Restart now and check for problems (recommended) ".

Your computer will restart and as it boots up, the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool will check for and fix memory errors.

Fix-6 Check event viewer log-

Even Viewer Log is the application that logs the errors and failures of your computer from time to time. If you look closely, you can identify the problem-

1. Press Windows Key+R to start Run , then type eventvwr.msc and press Enter . The Event Viewer Log window opens.

2. In the Event Viewer Log window , on the left pane " Windows Logs " to expand it. Click " System ". Now wait for a while while the computer updates the error log in the right pane under System Preferences .

3. In the System window, look for errors that may cause the " CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION " error on your computer. Also check the list of programs that were running before the system crashed.

Many of the users have complained about this kind of third party software which has been causing this problem for them-

Antivirus software
Virtual Drive software
Automatic driver updater
GPU and CPU overclocking applications.

4. Uninstall the third-party programs that were running on your computer just before the BSOD error occurred. (Follow the fix-3).

Restart your computer after the uninstall process is complete. After restarting, your problem with the " CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION " error should be resolved.

Fix-7 Run Driver Verifier on your computer-

Driver Verifier can identify and fix any driver issues on your computer that are causing the  BSOD  error.

Before proceeding, you must enable the minidump (DMP) file. Follow these steps to enable them-

1. Press Windows Key+R to start Run , then type " sysdm.cpl " and press Enter . System Properties will open.

2. In the System Properties window, switch to the Advanced tab . Under the Startup and Recovery option , click Settings .

3. In the Startup and Recovery window, uncheck Automatically restart, and then under Write debugging information,  click the Small memory dump (256 KB) drop- down option .
Now copy " %SystemRoot%\Minidump " and paste it into the " Small Dump Directory : " section. Now click " OK " to save the changes.

4. Restart your computer.

After restarting your computer, run Driver Verifier on your computer and your problem should be resolved.