Is registry fault the cause of a continuous loop in Startup Repair?

[Dave22fair]

As I suspected a registry fault was the cause of a continuous loop in Startup Repair, I carried out the Registry Repair described in:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139576-startup-repair-infinite-loop-recovery.html

Although Windows no longer loops, it now hangs at the startup screen.

The contents of config, regback and the recently created mybackup are as follows:-

config
The files copied from regback and now in the config directory are all dated today’s date.
·[FONT=&quot] DEFAULT, 552,960, SAM 57,344 and SECURITY 24,576 files [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](should each be about 262,000 bytes in size[/FONT]
·[FONT=&quot] SOFTWARE file 107,016,192[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](should be about 26,000,000 bytes) . [/FONT]
·[FONT=&quot] SYSTEM file 21,495,808 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](should be about 9,900,000 bytes).[/FONT]

regback
These were copied to config and are the same files

mybackup
These were previously in config prior to trying to making changes
·[FONT=&quot] DEFAULT, 786,432, SAM 57,344 and SECURITY 24,576 files [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]These 3 are all dated 6/6/15, [/FONT]which is between the date of initial failure and today
·[FONT=&quot] SOFTWARE file 262,144, dated today’s date . [/FONT]
·[FONT=&quot] SYSTEM file 21,495,808, dated today’s date.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Can anyone give suggestions form a possible solution?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thanks,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Dave
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[ICIT2LOL]

Hello and welcome Dave sorry for the wait mate but have a look at this as the author is one of the best
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219533-troubleshooting-windows-7-failure-boot.html

 

[Dave22fair]

Thanks for the link. I think I've gone through all the steps but am no closer to success. After booting, the laptop currently hangs on a black screen with a cursor arrow (that is controllable by the mouse) on the screen. This is whether or not I use Safe Mode or not. I have also tried RK14 Free from Rescue Kit 14 Free Edition - Overview and although it did allow me to look at the partitions and files that were previously hidden in the faulty laptop, and transfer data to a external hard drive, I am still looking for a solution. I believe that ultimately, the fault will probably be a simple fix, and for this reason I have been slow to taking it to our local computer shop and paying their fees.
Thanks,
Dave