How to restore windows 7 ultimate x64

[Sunbeam]

Not sure if you guys can help me but here's the problem:

My windows xp computer died on me and a friend offered me an old computer that her ex made for her son who no longer uses it. Basically it was working fine when I first switched it on but as it had not been used for a while when I switched it off it went into microsoft windows download updates mode .... 48 of them! I left it to it and the following morning it would not start up at all. I have managed to get to the computer repair page but it will not repair, go into safe mode or anything else for that matter. I have no COD and am now back to using my sons little compaq until I can get something sorted. If it is fixable it will save me a few quid to say the least so I would appreciate any help or advice.
Cheers

 

[Windows Sniper]

Hey Sunbeam, and welcome to SF!
Let's see if we can help you out.


When you say you have gotten to the repair page, can i ask why you even thought to do this?

Did you get a black screen stating the bootmgr is corrupt/missing?
If so can you try following this tutorial : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html

Also, are there any other error messages showing up when you start up?


Thanks!

 

[Sunbeam]

Hello Sniper,

I got to the repair page from info off this site.
The error messages I have got back were oxo, with the comment "unspecified changes to system config might have caused problem" and the other one was " unspecified error occurred 0x8000ffff

When I start up its just a black screen. I have managed to get to the c: prompt and tried the bcdedit, bootrec but no good!
I'm not that computer savvy :-(