Can't install windowsimagebackup from Recovery or Install disc

As a note I do have a working windows system but I do need to go back to a previous image of windows 7 from a week ago due to a complex software failure that would be easier to fix by just re imaging the SSD to a week ago. Also I do have a pretty decent understanding of windows seven and bios settings, boot priorities ..ect.

That being said, I cant seem to get any of the repair / recover senerios to work on my pc.

I have a windows repair disc I made after creating an image and when I restart and boot into it it freezes at this screen and there is no way to get past it.


I have also tried to use the windows install disc route and I cant seem to get past this screen as it just freezes and hangs there as well





I also tried to restart in Safe mode and when I get to the Boot Manager screen I am presented with the F8 advanced option. but when I press F8 it does absolutely nothing



I have not idea now how to restore back to my previous image since all these avenues are not workings. Not sure what the problem is but at first I thought it may be MBR so I used MiniTool to try to fix it but it had no affect on any of it. I did check Ram and it in working order. I am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction, any help would be appreciated.

mjf said:

You could try putting the System Repair on a USB Flash drive and see how you go. I'd make a new CD/DVD one as a start to the process. As you may know boot the USB from a USB 2 port. You could try making it on another PC in case your CD-ROM drive is playing up.
Putting the System Repair Disc on a USB stick

Tried that as well and ended in the same result of a frozen recovery screen. I also tried to bring up windows error recovery by interrupting windows start up and it did bring up the option to start windows normally or repair. When I chose repair I ended up with this screen below. Obviously if I put in the repair or install cd I am back to square one.. any ideas?

I`m having darn near the same problem. Coincidence? In my case, however, safe mode is non-responsive.

rontokyo said:

I`m having darn near the same problem. Coincidence? In my case, however, safe mode is non-responsive.

I believe it is an mbr problem which I tried to fix but seemed to have no impact... have you found a resolution?

Perhaps just a full format and then windows restore maybe the answer instead of restoring on top of a corrupt mbr

I am lol'ing in painful relief.... troublemaker= Microsoft wireless keyboard. Needed hardwired kb to get past that screen. Funny thing is wireless worked after I got past that recovery screen. Cant stop SMHing