DPC Watchdog Violation

Caren Burt 0 Reputation points
2025-06-24T16:20:37.08+00:00

I am getting a DPC Watchdog Violation on my Windows 11 Acer Lap Top. I don't seem to be able to navigate or access my hard drive. I just get the blue screen that says "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart it for you" It does not restart and when I try it goes back to the same screen.

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  1. Docs 15,761 Reputation points
    2025-06-24T18:30:25.5433333+00:00

    Please see option nine for hard reboot:

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/boot-to-advanced-startup-winre-in-windows-11.425/

    Report whether you can or cannot open Windows Recovery Environment (RE) and perform:

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    a) startup repair

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/use-startup-repair-in-windows-11.14660/

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    b) system restore

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/use-system-restore-in-windows-11.3604/

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    If you cannot perform a hard reboot to open Windows RE then find one or two flash drives that you can format (> or = 8 GB) and a working Windows computer.

    See option seven:

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/boot-to-advanced-startup-winre-in-windows-11.425/

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/download-official-windows-11-iso-file-from-microsoft.1009/page-22

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11?msockid=15ca77c26bb2638a118d621e6a4962d1

    The second flash drive may be used for creating tools to test hardware as needed.

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