I show different things to try that may actually help you fix the "Thread stuck in device driver" error. The "thread" being referred to is basically a piece of a program. More complex programs are divided up into different threads. If a thread for a device that is critical to continued operation of the computer is detected either having frozen up completely, or is still running but returning garbage or nothing to the OS, the OS may immediately throw this error, or it may try an automatic error correction in the background, if it falls within the OS's rules for "safely" recovering (i.e. things that won't risk loss of SAVED data or inserting wrong values into SAVED data. Emphasis on SAVED, since any freeze or power interruption loses UNSAVED data.)
If self-recovery fails, this error pops up. In Windows 10, the computer restarts automatically once the crash log is written.
I usually say the computer "froze" if all SAVED data is unharmed after a reboot, but if I either lose SAVED data, lose configuration or if I have to do more than just restart to recover normal operation, (i.e. reset settings to default, reinstall drivers/the OS or worse, wipe the boot drive and start again) then I say it "crashed".
Similarly, I'll say an application "crashed" if something I had already saved was corrupted or erased after I tried to restart the application, or if the application itself does not restart without either resetting it's configuration to default settings, or reinstalling the application.
Back up your data, folks! At least the irreplaceable stuff if nothing else. There are automatic online backup solutions available. The first time it saves an irreplaceable photo or video album, or saves your bacon at work, you'll forget all about those monthly fees. These are especially good for laptops since you might not remember to plug that external drive in very often, but any time you connect to internet, wireless or not, it will backup automatically.
Bear in mind that some programs may not just click-and-drag from one drive to another and work immediately, as the installer may have to also install extensions and program libraries, set up the file path for saved data, and so on. You may wish to backup just the installer file(s) if the program didn't come on a CD (which they rarely do unless said drivers are needed to get the internet connection to work, for example)
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