Windows server blue screen boot after update

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Running Server 2016 on HPE ProLiant hardware. server 2016 failed to install updates via Windows Update or WSUS so I installed updates on three Server 2016 physical machines using KB 4093120 Microsoft Stand Alone Package. This server was broken by this update. server boots to a blue screen with a bar code, saying its collecting data, with message Stop Code CRITICAL SERVICE FAILED

now it is in a loop.

it happens very early into the OS load. is there a way to save this installation?

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