Any way to repair Windows 7?

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I have a system that crashes with BSOD while loading drivers(?), even in Safe Mode.

Is there any way to get around M$ bastardry that stops you booting from a CD and 'upgrading' to effect a repair?

SFC /scannow says there is a pending repair or some such drivel.
 

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If you can start at least enough to get a command prompt, like through "Repair Your Computer", you can use the net stop command to prevent the relevant drivers from loading.
Which is a pain in the ass.
 

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You should be able to boot from the CD and go back to a 'Restore Point'. Or install a back up if you have made one from Win 7.
 

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Thanks Bozo, but neither of those options are available.

Merc, what sort of arguments does the net stop command need here? The examples I see pertain to services.

The last loaded message on the screen before the BSOD is "ClassPNP" I think (can't get at the PC right now).
 

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Well I wasn't quite right (it WAS rather early in the morning when I wrote that). I was thinking of

listsvc disable drivername

which I'm sure I confused because of course one can stop some network services with the net command, something that still scars me from pre-4.0 Windows NT.
 
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