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Thanks for the advice Art. I don't know what the issue is. I've tried various approaches to get Windows 7 to boot normally:
DOS repair commands (FIXMBR, CHKDSK and SCANNOW both with various attributes)
startup repair
system restore
repair/upgrade install
None of these approaches has worked. Any of these approaches should work but each approach comes back with an error. When I started this process, I had around 19 restore points. Now I have only one restore point - and it might be after Windows 7 stopped booting.
I've spent over a week trying to fix Windows 7. I am very, very frustrated. I guess I'll try the BSOD forum and see if I can get some help fixing the BSOD stop code causing Windows 7 to reboot. However, as any of the above approaches would likely be easier, I am open to any suggestions or other approaches anyone here has (other than a full reinstall or switching to Windows 10- I really don't want to reinstall software). Also, I don't have a image of the hard drive. Stupid of me I know. I've never had System Restore using restore points fail - until now.