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Boggin:
How do you mean it didn't change anything - I thought the updates were downloading fine ?

See if any of these Bootrec cmds will do anything for you - start with /fixmbr

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/927392

You could also use the cmd rstrui.exe to use your restore points, but they can be problematic if your mbr is all to hell and you could end up with nothing.

Curtis:
No, the updates never did download fine.  Only that one file KB... downloaded fine.  I've also attempted all of the options at https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/927392 and the laptop still won't bootup.  The boot is slightly different now, however.  It's looking for an image that was created (there is none).  I attempted to just Load Drivers as the other option but no success.  Also, when System Recovery Option screen comes up, my Windows 7 is not longer displayed as an option to choose for recovery tools.  The option window is now blank.  I had also changed the boot priority so the DVD drive is first for whatever that's worth.  I'm no longer able to access the cmd prompt so I couldn't run rstrui.exe but I've attempted restore points in the past and none of the restore points worked.
I've been considering upgrading to Win 10.  Is this a good time and is it still possible since I can't get Win 7 to boot?

Boggin:
If the other problematic computer you mentioned is the same Win 7 32 or 64 bit as this one, can you create a System Repair disk and boot up with that to see what that gives you.

Curtis:
Unfortunately, I only have XP and Win 10.  The computer is a Lenovo Thinkpad and I have a Lenovo Startup and System Repair disk that I made. (I also have an Avast rescue disk).  Currently the message when I run one of my bootable disks is
Cannot find a system image on this computer
Win Boot Configuration Data file does not contain a valid OS entry.
Indeed, the hard drive used to show up in one of these repair programs that we're using but it no longer does.  This has been the case since I entered those commands at  https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/927392

Boggin:
If it can't find an image on the computer, that means you are looking at a reinstall or factory reset, but you could see what a Paragon Rescue Disk can do with which you may be able to salvage some of your personal stuff.

If it doesn't give you a menu in its default normal mode then try it again by selecting the safe mode option.

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/rk-free/

You said you were able to run a chkdsk /f - what did that report ?

I wouldn't have expected those Bootrec cmds to have caused any damage.

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