WARNING!! WARNING!! DR. SMITH, DO NOT TOUCH THAT ... BBBZZZZAAAP!!! I normally wait a while before running an update for Windows for this very reason ... I was in a hurry as I had just gotten a new motherboard (Asus Sabertooth 990FX) and wanted to install it. I needed to do a backup of Windows before doing such, of course, and there appeared a notice saying there was an update. I was surprised as I had just gotten updates a day or two before, and without too much thought, after all, I haven't had a problem with an update in quite some time and I was anxious to make a good image of the boot drive and get the motherboard in, I told it to go ahead. System has to be rebooted, yeah, yeah. It boots up and says configuring update. But wait, this is new "update failed, restoring previous files" (or some such). Never seen that before ... Process finishes, and machine reboots. Okay ... but now ... it boots as far as the logo on the screen and then stops. No movement on the screen, no disk activity ... Let is set for 10 min or so ... No change. Drat! Reboot. ... Launch startup repair (or foolishly try to boot normally?) Choose Launch Startup Repair ... New message: insert media and reboot, go to language options screen -> OK -> choose repair. Ptooey!! Real bad smell in the air folks. Okay, boot media, choose repair ... Windows has found a problem with the startup configuration of your computer ... repair ... reboot ... fixed right? WRONG!! Again ... Launch StartUP Repair? Yeah, yeah ... Oops, insert installation media (again!!) and reboot. <Grumble> Choose language options, repair, loooooooong wait. --> --> "Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically. Sending more information can help Microsoft create solutions. <Send><Don't Send> Details ... choose Details ... Problem Signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 03: unknown Problem Signature 04: 109 Problem Signature 05: ExternalMedia Problem Signature 06: 1 Problem Signature 07 NoRootCause OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Read our privacy statement (Like I care right now ...) Punch line, there goes my motherboard install. First I have to figure out what the update broke and how to fix it!! PROCEED WITH THIS UPDATE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! System Info: (if it matters) Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 Phenom II X4 955 Radeon 67xx video card -1 gig 16 GB ram. 2x 1TB Hdd (one WD, one Hitachi) 1 x 250 GB WD HDD LG Blu-Ray -RW drive LG DVD-RW drive Multi-Memory card drive bay device. LOTS of fans. Corsair Carbon 400R Case OCZ 650 watt PS Mike

On a positive note, booting to the recovery console I ran: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd and the machine booted properly. Even completed the update this time.Mike

On a positive note, booting to the recovery console I ran: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd and the machine booted properly. Even completed the update this time.Mike

Thanks for letting us know the fix and glad you are working.MS-MVP 2010, 2011, 2012 Sysnative.com Team ZigZag