Repair your computer option not working (restoring factory backup)

anmolsaluja said:

im trying to download something on that machine.... i will be trying to install the updates manually later this evening....

Try only one. And run the FIX-IT. Post results ... take your time

Saltgrass said:

It has been interesting following the procedures used in this thread, always a learning experience.

I was wondering if you had tried booting into a normal Windows 7 Install DVD? You could download one from the link below for testing.

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

If you can do that, you might try running a System File Check from Offline.

How to Run the System File Checker (Sfc.exe) Offline in Windows 7 and Vista - The Winhelponline Blog

I don't suppose you had an external system image backup that might have included the Recovery partition?

In elevated command prompt (system is booting fine):

Code:

sfc/scannow