Fix: Screen Death after CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure

Well, issues with drivers are nothing new. To fix most of these driver issues, you could update, rollback, or uninstall the problematic drivers right from the Device Manager itself. However, when the driver issues get coupled with the Blue Screen of Death screen, things take turn for the worse.

This is because when you face a BSOD error, you wouldn’t able to boot to the OS in the first place. Fortunately, there does still exist a handy way of dealing with such issues. And in this guide, we will be sharing just that. Follow along for the steps to fix the Screen Death after the CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure.

Method 1: Rename the Drivers and preventing Windows from Booting it

In this section, we will be renaming the Corsair drivers from the Advanced Recovery option using CMD. As a result, Windows will not be able to identify this issue-causing driver and wouldn’t load it as well. Hence, your PC would then be booted to the OS and you could easily uninstall this driver from the Device Manager. Here are all the instructions in this regard.

To begin with, since you are stuck on the BSOD screen, you might see the ‘Choose an option’ menu.
However, if that is not the case, then restart your PC. As soon as you see the initial boot-up screen, hold the Shift key, and continuously keep on pressing the F8 key. This should take you to the ‘Choose an option’ screen.
Now select Troubleshoot, go to Advanced options, and select Command Prompt.
Once the CMD window opens up, type in the below command to load the Diskpart tool:
```
diskpart
```
After this, you will have to get hold of all the Disk Volumes. Hence execute the below command for that:
```
list vol
```
It will now bring up a list of all the Volumes. Take a note of the drive letter where the OS is installed (refer to the Ltr section of the output).
Now launch another Command Prompt window and type in the disk name where the OS is installed. Since in our case, it is installed in C drive, we will be using the following command:
```
c:
```
After this, you need to access this directory, so use the below command:
```
dir
```
This should load all the system files and folders, indicating that you are inside the drive where the OS is installed.
Moving on, you will now have to access the driver folder via the CMD window itself (using the Change Directory command). Hence we would then be able to access the CorsairVBusDriver.sys and fix its failure issue. So execute the below command for that:
```
cd \windows\system32\drivers
```
Now that you are inside the driver folder, it’s time to change its name. Type in the following command and hit Enter:
```
ren corsairvbusdriver.sys corsairvbusdriver.bad
```
Once done close the CMD window and reboot your PC. Windows will no longer be able to identify the Corsair drivers and hence wouldn’t boot it. This way your PC should now directly boot to the OS.
When it does boots up, right-click on the Windows icon on your taskbar and select Device Manager.
Now select the Corsair drivers, right-click on it, and select Uninstall.

Once the drivers are removed from your PC, it should fix the Screen Death after CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure. However, some users have reported that they aren’t able to boot their PC to the OS after renaming the drivers. If you fall into this category as well, then refer to the next method given below.

Method 2: Uninstall Drivers from Advanced Recovery Startup

If your PC doesn’t boot up after renaming the drivers, then it’s obvious you wouldn’t be able to uninstall drivers via Device Manager. In that case, there is another way out. You could carry out the said task via the Advanced Recovery option using the CMD window. Follow along.

Fix: Screen Death after CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure