XP hangs on reboot after download Windows Update & Installation

Last Friday (September 16) after installing an automatic download of Windows Update (7 files) on my XP machine - SP3 OS, the restart procedure has begun to restart but "hung" just before the blue 'Welcome' screen, leaving a black screen with the cursor in the centre (cursor remains active). I suspect that a Windows or the files needed to move forward have been corrupted as a check of the HARD drive via another computer reports no problem with the drive.

Finally I used the system provided by the OEM recovery CD to get the machine to boot into Windows, and although all the files that are on my "C" drive are still present, the Windows installation is actually a 'new' version of XP where any of my programs are available. In the root directory, there is now a second WINDOWS folder with the label "WINDOWS.0" that is clearly the source of the software used to initiate the Windows.My questions are:

1. is there a procedure to "transpose" the old Windows installation in the new facility thus effectively regain its original configuration and my PC?... or

2. I have to re - install all my software from scratch?

3. If I have to can start from scratch with my programs I at least transfer my documents and settings (including emails) of the 'old' facility to the new?

P. S.

I know there is a 'Settings Transfer Wizard"but I think understand that it must be 'run' on a working version of the old installation of Windows first to generate the"file transfer"... it's clearly something that I'm unable to do.

As an afterthought:

Does anyone have any suggestions why or files could been corrupted because replace this (or these) would probably be the most elegant way to resurrect my machine to its original state?

1 # because you used the recovery CD to do a factory reset, all your old data is lost.
2. Yes.

How to restore your Windows.old folder in a new Installation
http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/237033-Windows-old-folder-restore-into-new-installation.html

PS Windows is not booting from the folder windows.old against your perception.

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