Windows 10: Unable to boot PC, BSOD - Critical Process died

The problem:

1. When I start my PC, Windows fails to boot and I get a blue screen with "Stop code: Critical process died". I am unable to enter the desktop.
2. It then restarts and attempts an automatic repair, but fails and takes me to the Recovery Environment
3. Here, I tried many options, but all have failed:
   1. I am unable to go into safe mode.
   2. I cannot uninstall any updates. I also want to mention that I recently installed a Windows update (1909) a couple days ago. I was then prompted to restart again to apply another update (which I did today), after which I opened Chrome and my computer started freezing up so I restarted it and received the BSOD.
   3. I cannot do a system restore. There seems to be a restore point from a couple days ago, but then when I try to choose my C: drive for restore, it says "You must enable system protection on this drive" and I can't continue.
   4. It won't let me reset the PC and says there's a problem, just like when I try to uninstall updates.
   
   
4. 
   I have also ran Memtest on bootup and received no errors after doing two passes for two hours, so it seems that my RAM is fine.
   
   
5. 
   I tried sfc /scannow in cmd prompt, and it resulted with "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."
   
   
6. 
   I tried chkdsk E: /f /r /x and it found no problems, though the last line says "Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50."
   
   
7. 
   If anyone wants photos from any of the processes I tried or other extra details, just let me know.
   

So I am unsure if my WIndows crashed and became corrupted or if it's due to driver failure or registry issues or something else. Is there any way to diagnose and repair this? Maybe with command prompt since that seems to be my only option in the Recovery Environment? I would also like to keep my personal files and apps if possible. Windows is installed on my SSD (C and I have another HDD (D, which I'm assuming I can just detach and save the files. Though I just checked command prompt and it seems like my SSD is now the E: drive.


***Original title: BSOD: "Critical process died" - No solutions in the recovery environment are working***

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critical process died

Hello,

Please try suggestions mentioned here:

[FIX] CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED BSOD In Windows 10

Hope this helps, Good luck

 

BSOD critical process died

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BSOD - Critical Process Died

Hi Tony,

The blue screen error with a stop code 'Critical Process Died' that you encountered can be caused by a recent update, device drivers that got corrupted or system files that got corrupted. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions below:

• What changes were made or what updates were installed prior to the issue occurring?
• Did you mean to say that you ran your device in safe mode when you said that you booted the device with only Microsoft Processes running?
• Which version and build of Windows 10 is installed on your device?

As an initial recommendation, we suggest that you follow the steps on this
link to run the driver verifier. Driver verifier is an inbuilt tool in the Windows operating system, which helps you to test the drivers which may be corrupted. These corrupted drivers may contribute as to why you're getting a "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD)
or stop errors.

We look forward to your response to our queries.