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Windows Updates corrupt OS
My old hard drive died so I put in a new 320GB drive from Dell as the part was still under warranty. I then used my Windows 7 Pro CD to reinstall Windows. Once installed and drivers for the wireless run, I ran Windows Updates which showed I needed 140 critical updates. Some were Windows Security updates and some were normal Windows Updates.
The first attempt at running the updates, I simply selected them all and let it go. It failed and upon restart, the message "Windows is loading files" remains on for a very long time before going into a Startup Repair routine. Then a message saying Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically. At that point, I can select a system recovery option menu which gives Startup Repair (which does nothing), System restore, system image recovery, windows memory diags, or command prompt. Oh yea, I ran the Dell built in diagnostics on the hardware and it shows no problems.
At this point I simply reformatted the drive again as I had no data on it and re-ran the W7 install. I then ran just the Windows Security updates and they all ran just fine. I then ran the Windows Updates and once again I ran into the same problem as the above paragraph.
I reformatted and ran W7 install again but this time after running the Windows 7 Security updates I started running the Windows Updates one at a time. On the very first Windows update attempt, I again ran into the same problem.
I did create a system restore cd but this isnt important as I dont have any data.
I really have no idea what is going on. Any help would be appreciated.
Dave