Fix BSOD with “CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED” in Windows 10

The most unpleasant errors when working with Windows are BSODs, “blue screens of death”. They indicate that the system has experienced a critical failure and cannot continue to be used without restarting or performing additional manipulations. Today we will talk about how to fix one of these problems called “CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED”.

Problem solving “CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED”

It literally translates the blue screen text as “Critical service error”. This could be a controller or service failure or a conflict with the controller. As usual, the problem occurs after installing any software or updates. There is also another reason: system hard drive problems. That's where you need to start fixing the situation..

Method 1: check disk

One of the factors that generate this BSOD could be boot disk errors. To remove them, you need to check the disk with Windows built-in utility CHKDSK.EXE. If the system has started successfully, this tool can be called directly from the GUI or “Command line”..

Read more: Perform hard drive diagnostics in Windows 10

In a situation where it is not feasible to start, you must use the recovery environment by running the program “Symbol of the system”.. This menu will appear after the blue information screen disappears.

1. Press the button “Advanced Options”..
2. Let's go to the section “Problem resolution”.
3. Here we also open a block with “Additional parameters”..
4. Open “Symbol of the system”..
5. Run the console disk utility with the command

   diskpart

6. Ask him to show us a list of all the partitions of the system disks.

   lis vol

   Searching for the system disk. Since the utility often changes the volume letter, you can only identify the correct one by its size. In our example it is “D:”.

7. Getting Diskpart.

   exit

8. Now run the error checking and correction with the respective command with two arguments.

   chkdsk d: /f /r

   Here “D:” – system operator documentation, Y / f / r – arguments that enable the utility to repair sectors “broken” and software bugs.

9. Once the procedure is complete, exit the console.

   exit

10. Try rebooting the system. The best way to do this is to turn off the computer and turn it back on..

Method 2: Restore to startup.

This tool also works in a recovery environment, automatically checking and correcting all kinds of errors.

1. Follow the steps 1 a 3 from the previous method.
2. Select the respective block.
3. Wait for the tool to complete, later the PC will restart automatically.

Method 3: restore from a point

Restore points are special disk entries that contain data about Windows files and settings.. Can be used if system protection has been activated. This procedure will undo all changes that were made before a certain date. This applies to the installation of programs, drivers and updates, as well as the configuration of “Windows”.

Read more: Go back to the restore point in Windows 10

Method 4: uninstall updates

This procedure enables you to erase recent updates and patches. It will help in cases where the points option does not work or is not available. You can find the option in the recovery environment itself.

Note that these actions will remove the instructions from the method 5, since the Windows.old folder will be deleted.

Read also: Uninstalling Windows.old on Windows 10

1. Follow the steps 1 a 3 of the above methods.
2. Defeat “Delete updates "..
3. Go to the section indicated in the screenshot.
4. Press the button “Clear component update”..
5. Wait for the operation to complete and the computer to restart.
6. If the error repeats, repeat corrected steps.

Method 5: Previous construction

This method will be effective if the failure occurs periodically, but the system boots and we have access to its parameters. In this circumstance, problems began to occur after another global update of the "ten".

1. Open the menu “Starts”. and go to the parameters. The same result will be given by the key combination Windows + I.
2. Go to updates and security.
3. Go to tab “Recovery”. and then press the button “Starts”. in the block to revert to the previous version.
4. A short preparation procedure will begin.
5. Check the box next to the alleged reason for withdrawal. No matter what we select here: will not affect the operation in any way. Click on “Next”..
6. The system will ask you to check for updates. discard.
7. Please read the warning carefully. Pay particular attention to backing up files.
8. Another warning to remember your account password.
9. This completes the preparations, press “Go back to a previous build”..
10. Waiting for the recovery to complete.

If the tool has issued an error or the button “Starts”. is inactive, go to next method.

Method 6: return the PC to its original state

The initial state should be understood as the state in which the system was immediately after installation. The procedure can be run from a “Windows” running or from recovery environment on boot.

Read more: Restore Windows 10 to its original state

Method 7: factory settings

This is another alternative to restore Windows. This is a clean installation with automatic preservation of manufacturer-installed software and license keys.

Read more: How to return Windows 10 to factory state

Conclution:

If applying the above instructions did not resolve the error, only a fresh installation of the system from the appropriate media will help.

Read more: How to install Windows 10 from a pendrive or disk

At the same time, you should also pay attention to the hard drive on which Windows is written. It may have failed and should be replaced.

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