Configuring updates 3 of 3 loop

I have Windows Vista 32-bit, package 2, service on my Dell laptop. It automatically downloaded and installed updates 12/01/2016, but got stuck in a loop in "Configuring updates 3 of 3, 0% complete."

I went through each "fix", I could find in the various positions of the microsoft, with nothing working community to correct the problem. Using the disk to initialize my computer does not work either. It doesn't let me do a restore of the system either, because it says that there is no restore point.

I don't want to lose the files that I have on my computer, and I can't go to any program to backup my files, if you use the disk to do a clean boot is out.

What else can I try?

Thanks for any help!

Hello

Saving your files:

You can remove the hard drive and put it in a hard drive USB enclosure > plug it into another computer > and try to read and copy your data in this way.

Or, you can download Knoppix > make a bootdisk to > start your system with it (IF your material is all work) > and copy your data from the hard drive like that.

http://Knoppix.NET/

"How to use Knoppix.

http://Lifehacker.com/192982/geek-to-live--rescue-files-with-a-boot-CD

See you soon.

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