Windows 10: System restore - need help because I’m not sure if it’s frozen.

Alright so i probably deleted a registry file i shouldnt have while trying to fix something. The System Restore has been in the “restoring files...” state for about 1 hour now and I’m not sure if it’s frozen or just slow. I know that interrupting this can possibly brick my computer.

“Critical_process_died” (BSOD) was the error message I received upon attempting to restart. This ends up on my screen again when the restart happens, so I’m gonna say that it’s probably going to happen on a loop.

For what its worth: The green bar is moving, the mouse cursor is moving and I am also able to move the System Restore box all without issue, lag or delay.

I updated my laptop last night and I heard that updates can do this as well, but I’m more convinced it’s the registry because I didn’t have an issue until I deleted that registry file. It immediately began to be slow and unresponsive. This is when i attempted the restart.

If it IS frozen, then how can i tell? I dont wanna turn it off and end up bricking it.

I have a registry file backup and it just dawned onto me about 40mins into this that I should have ran that in safe mode, but im too deep into this to interrupt it.

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System Restore Error 0x81000203

Good day,

We can see here that you are having issues performing system restore on your computer. Having said that, we need to determine the cause of this problem. Before we proceed, may we know the following:

• Any changes made on the computer prior to this concern?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Are you getting any error messages when trying to perform system restore? If so, can you send us a screenshot?
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• Have you performed all the suggested troubleshooting steps found on this thread?