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July 12 auto update: Fail to boot
My system: Self built I7, 8G mem, Asus MB, 2TB HD. Win 7 Hm Premium 64. I did do a dual boot with XP Pro on a second HD.
Worked fine for over 2 years. Have Windows auto update enabled. Sunday July 12 2015 when shutting down, auto update had a number of updates to install. Oddly, several hours later it was it was still installing. Eventually, it shut down. Went to turn on and won't get past the pulsating 'Starting Windows' splash screen, which runs continuously now. Restart did not help.
Here's what I’ve tried to fix so far:
All manner of fixes using the Win 7 DVD repair options.
Start repair (did not find a problem)
System Restore (keep getting 'unable to restore to earlier date' error)
Will not start in safe Mode
Tried the C prompt 'del pending.xml' (get 'did not find file' message)
I read a post, which I cannot find again, about the Win update in question causing a problem with dual boot systems. Other wise, I'm at a loss to figure this out. Any held beyond what I've tried would be appreciated
As mentioned, cannot get passed the splash screen, so unable to install or run any diagnostic programs.