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Discover how to fix the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA error once and for all. Is a blue screen failure ruining your Windows experience? Don't be afraid, we have the solution. Our article covers the symptoms of this notorious error, the root cause, and proven repair methods to get your system back to its prime state. Say goodbye to frustration and hello to hassle-free computing.



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I. About the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA error

When your computer is performing tasks, it is constantly loading programs and files from your computer’s random access memory (often called RAM). If your Windows computer is low on memory, or if a program or file has been inactive for a long time, Windows will start moving these contents from RAM to the hard disk, where they are stored in the paging file. Afterwards, if something is blocking access to the paging file contents, or interfering with the computer’s memory, then the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA blue screen error may appear.
There may be the following reasons for the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA blue screen error:
● Windows cannot find data that should be stored in the nonpaged area
●The wrong system service or wrong driver code is installed on the computer
●Computer has hardware failure or hardware problems (damaged RAM, bad sectors)
● NTFS volume damage
●The anti-virus software is not compatible with the system
After understanding the relevant knowledge points about the blue screen error PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA, you can fix it in a targeted manner. However, before repairing the fault, in order to avoid data loss, you can use a professional system rescue tool to back up important data in advance. Here’s how to do it in detail.

II. When the system crashes, use Renee PassNow for data backup

1. What is Renee PassNow?

Renee PassNow is a professional system rescue software, which can help Windows users clear Windows account passwords, create new administrator accounts; restore disk/memory card data, recover data after hard disk formatting; transfer disk files; erase or scan Disk files, etc. In addition, this software also supports repairing Windows system problems, such as: repairing MBR boot records, DBR error parameters, 0xc00000e, Windows system startup failure, and some problems that cause black screen or blue screen, etc. As a system rescue tool with various functions, it is perfectly compatible with multiple systems including Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista, and can meet the system rescue needs of different users.
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2. How to use Renee PassNow for data backup?

When your computer cannot start normally due to a blue screen failure, you can first create a startup disk through Renee PassNow, then start the computer through the startup disk, and then use the function of this software to back up data. Specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow on other computers that can log in and run normally, then connect the U disk to the PC, run Renee PassNow, and then check in “Step 1: Choose the creation method” (Create a rescue USB disk) option. (Note: Before performing this operation, please make sure that the important files in the U disk have been saved in other locations, because the operation process will delete all the data in the U disk.)
Step 2: Next, select (x64) or (x86) according to the system type, click the (Download Now) button to download the ISO file, click the (Create Rescue USB) button after the file is downloaded, and click the (Eject USB) button.
use renee passnow to create usb to reset passnword
Step 3: Connect the created boot device to the computer that needs to transfer data, turn on the computer, and then the shortcut key to enter the BIOS will be displayed on the computer screen (the display time of this interface is very short, maybe only one or two seconds), click continuously BIOS shortcut key to enter the BIOS setting interface, and then set the boot U disk as the first in the boot sequence in Boot Priority, then save the settings and restart the computer.
select boot order
Step 4: After starting the computer from the bootable USB flash drive and entering the application, select the (data backup) option. This option is equivalent to completely cloning the hard disk to other hard disks, so the hard disk capacity for saving backup files needs to be larger.
passnow data backup
Step 5: Select the hard disk to be backed up in the (source) list, select the hard disk to save the backup in the (destination) list, and finally click (clone) and wait for the cloning to complete to successfully back up the computer hard disk files.
Select the hard disk that needs to back up and save data
Step 6: If you only need to transfer some important data in the hard disk, you can choose (Data Transfer).
data transfer
Step 7: You can click on each disk drive letter (C/D/E/F, etc.) to find the files to be transferred. It is recommended that you transfer them to an external disk. The operation of transferring data is very simple. For example, if you want to transfer the data in the C drive to the G drive, you can first select the C drive on the upper left, select the G drive on the upper right, and then select the files in the C drive, and click the Copy function button in the middle. Disk data can be easily transferred. If there is a file you want to delete, you can also click the (Delete) button in the middle after selecting the file, but the deletion operation cannot be undone, please operate with caution.
Schematic diagram of steps to transfer data
Kind tipsIf you find that files are lost during the process of backing up or transferring data, please select the (Undeleter) option on the main function interface to perform data recovery operations.
After understanding the method of backing up data, let’s systematically learn how to fix the blue screen PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA error.

III. How to fix the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA error prompted by the blue screen of the Windows 10 system?

Usually, once you encounter a blue screen error while using your computer, the most basic solution is to restart the device. If you still cannot start the system normally after executing the restart command, you need to enter the safe mode before repairing the fault.

1. Enter safe mode

Safe mode is a special startup mode in Windows system, it can only start the basic files and drivers needed to run Windows, in this mode, we can easily repair some system errors. The specific steps to enter safe mode are as follows:
Step 1: Start the computer. When the Windows startup logo appears, immediately press the power button on the computer to interrupt the startup process. Repeat this 3 times. Then start the computer again, this time allowing the computer to fully start. Select (Advanced Options) in the “Automatic Repair” interface. You will then enter the Windows recovery environment.
If this method does not work, you can also use the Windows installation disk to start the computer (you can learn how to make a Windows installation disk), you need to enter the BIOS menu through shortcut keys (such as DEL/ESC/F2, etc.), and set the Windows installation disk to Start Preferences, then save the settings and restart the computer, select the (Repair Computer) option on the Windows Installer “Install Now” interface to enter the recovery environment.
your pc did not start correctly
Step 2: After entering the recovery environment of Windows, select (Troubleshooting > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart). When the computer restarts, select 5 or F5 to start Safe Mode with Networking.
select advanced options in safe mode
select startup settings in advanced options
clcik to restart PC in startup settings
startup settings windows 10 safe mode
After enabling safe mode, you can proceed to the following repair operations.

2. Uninstall antivirus software

Although antivirus software can effectively protect computer security, third-party antivirus software may occasionally prevent the normal update of Windows due to potential risk factors, resulting in PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA error. The solution is to uninstall the third-party antivirus software. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the computer, click the (Start) button in the lower left corner, and find (Settings) (the small gear icon).
settings in Windows
Step 2: Next, in the “Settings” interface, select the (Application) option and enter. After that, switch the function bar on the left to (Apps and Functions), find and click the antivirus software that needs to be uninstalled on the right, and press (Uninstall). Then restart the computer to see if the problem is resolved.
Windows 10 uninstall apps

3. Update the device driver

When a device driver is outdated, it may become incompatible with the operating system. At this time, the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA blue screen error may appear, so we can try to update the driver to solve the current problem. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Run the Windows 10 computer, and then press (Windows key + R) on the keyboard at the same time to open the running window. After entering the command (devmgmt.msc), click the (OK) button to enter the Device Manager.
run the command devmgmt
Step 2: Next, right-click the device with an outdated or faulty driver (usually a faulty device will have a yellow exclamation mark icon), and select the (Update Driver) option.
right-click the device with an outdated or faulty driver (usually a faulty device will have a yellow exclamation mark icon)
Step 3: Next select the (Search automatically for updated driver software) option, after the driver update is complete, restart the computer and check if the problem is resolved.
update Driver Confirm

4. Turn off virtual memory

In addition to the above methods, you can also try to turn off virtual memory to solve the current problem, the specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Right-click on (This PC), then select the (Properties) option and open it.
go to properties of my computer in windows 8
Step 2: Next, click (Advanced System Settings) – (Advanced) in turn, and then click the (Settings) button under “Performance”.
select advanced tab
Step 3: On the Performance Options interface, click the (Change) button under the (Advanced) tab.
Step 4: In the virtual memory interface, uncheck the (Automatically manage paging file size for all drives) option, and press the (OK) button. After that, restart your computer and see if the problem is resolved.
virtual memory

5. Use the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool

Memory issues can cause the PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA blue screen error to appear, so you can check your system memory with the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool. The specific operation steps are as follows:
Step 1: Press the (Windows+R) keys at the same time to open the run window, and then enter the (mdsched.exe) command to open the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool.
windows Key + R
mdshed
Step 2: Next, select the (restart now and check for problems (recommended)) option in the Windows memory diagnostic interface, wait patiently for the diagnostic process to complete, and then restart the computer to see if the blue screen problem has been resolved.
Windows memory diagnostic i

6. Run the CHKDSK program

CHKDSK can help you scan and repair disk bad sectors and damaged file systems, so you can use this program to troubleshoot and repair disk problems, please perform the following steps:
Step 1: Search (cmd) in the search box in the lower left corner, and select (run as administrator) to open the command prompt tool.
run as administrator
Step 2: In the opened command prompt window, enter the command (chkdsk X: /r/f) (X refers to the disk drive letter, which can be replaced; /r and /f are chkdsk parameters), and press (Enter) to Fix bugs. After the disk failure is repaired, restart the computer and check whether the current problem is resolved.
Enter the disk repair command