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Boot failure due to "bad patch" - need fix collaborators
Over time here we've learned that the most fatal and irreparable cause of Win7 failure to boot is labeled by Startup Repair as a bad patch. As it's often reported by OP as having been Windows Update or a driver just installed I'm wondering if there is some last-resort surgery that can be done when all other known repairs solutions fail.
I am testing right now if all recent content of System32/drivers can be backed up and then deleted in Windows Recovery console using Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console. If the fatal driver is gone my thinking is that Win7 might start and reload all drivers from Driver Store.
I'd also like to test if recently installed Updates can be backed up and deleted from their install location similarly using a boot disk. I realize this is fraught with danger and merely is experimental to save an installation in which all else has been tried and hope lost.
Can any Updates experts suggest where exactly to look and what to include to get the latest Updates? Any predictions on efficacy, or other ideas to save installs that won't boot on this error?