Endless sad face blue screen restart loop

[pewpewboomboom]

I'll try to explain my situation in a nutshell form.

I built my computer in early March with some pretty beefy specs (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BfpBWX - The power supply I switched for a thermal take one) and it's been working well until recently. It started off with Windows telling me to scan my drives for errors in which I did. Windows proceeded to repair my 120GB SSD boot drive (C and left my other drive (D untouched. Another issue arose following that one with my system account becoming corrupted (told me to sign in even though I already was) but I resolved that by switching to a local account and adding my Microsoft account. It worked for about 1 day which brings me to my current issue. I started up my PC and was brought to a blank blue lock screen. After signing in, NOTHING appeared in my start menu. After looking around for some solutions, the best one I came across was to factory reset in which I did. After the reset however, it brings me to a sad face blue screen saying that a critical process died and it needs to restart. Ends up getting stuck in a never ending loop and I have no idea what to do.

Sorry if this was a bit too long.

 

[LukeFatwalker]

Because one of your critical system drivers or processes is failing, you'll need to reset your MBR.

If that fails, you'll need to reinstall the OS.

Once you're back in Windows, I'd recommend running a backup of your system. Either a disk imager like Macrium Reflect or a snapshot tool like RollBack Rx will work.

 

[johnbl]

I would look for a malware infection.
see if you can boot into safe mode.

you might also put your sata cables on a different port or controller to see if that helps.

windows will mark set the file system dirty bit if the windows does not complete a shutdown. when the system boots the bit is checked, if it is on then they system has to run chkdsk on the drive to check the file system and make repairs.
sometimes if you just installed windows, and have not installed the latest bios and motherboard driver updates. The secondary sata controller device driver will not have been updated. Most builder put the drive on the secondary controller because it is generally faster. Put it on the primary controller until you update the motherboard drivers. The primary controller, is often slower but is supported by the CPU chipset and gets windows updates.