help vista wont reboot after windows update

[mike67357]

i just recently did a restore, and vista was redownloading from windows update. it had just downloaded sp1 or 2 anyway, it rebooted itself and now just a code and files are zooming by, i clicked to do startup repair and it attempted repairs for hours. i used a boot disk and attempted to do a restore again, couldnt i have a acer aspire 5610z which as ya know has that x drive partition etc. i have no disks as i got the computer from a friend, someone please help me

 

[Ardneh]

In terms of current status, what happens now if you
start the PC and just let it do whatever it does?