title: Dell Laptop Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED when restarting
body: <p>Dell Laptop was upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. Recently been having an issue with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) crash at random times. </p>
  
  <p>Only error information is:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED<br>
    :(</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>with a very obnoxious :(. </p>
  
  <p>Dell Warranty expired three months ago. </p>
  
  <p>After checking forums and attempting to reinstall drivers decided the best thing to do is just restore the laptop to factory state. The problem is that during the built in restore to factory process the computer must restart. During restart a BSOD crash will occur every time. Even attempting a regular restart will result in a BSOD, "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" error. So the goal now is just to restore the PC to factory settings, but the impasse is the required restart for this or a driver update is the required restart will always result in a BSOD "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED." </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to restore to factory settings without having to restart? If not, then what are some alternative paths to just getting a clean restore? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>