Windows 10 blue screen (BSOD) while writing to USB

Patrick Gawron · June 13, 2022

Problem

Reading a usb works without issues.

When writing to a usb stick, windows hangs up in a blue screen of Death (BSOD) with a SYSTEM_SERVICE_ERROR usb2 and usb3

I had this issue on 2x windows 10 computers. The common solutions on the web I found are.. update or reinstall your usb driver. easier said than done. windows takes the driver file it finds, even when you uninstall the driver first.

Solution

After several years of trying different things again and again.. I finally found a solution that works for me.

Create a System Restore Point beforehand and restart the computer afterward. If you prefer not to directly edit the registry try the following:

  1. Open Registry (Win + R, regedit)
  2. Go to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MeDlpFlt

change the value of Start to 4

Right-click the Start button > Command Prompt (Admin) Then, at the command prompt type the following and then press “Enter”: sc config medlpflt start=disabled

I didn’t try this

Restart the computer and see if the issue is resolved.