0xc000000f (boot configuration) and 0x8000ffff (system restore)

I CANNOT STARTUP MY COMPUTER WHICH IS:
HP Pavilion dv7-4180us Entertainment Notebook
Intel Core I5
RUNNING Windows 7 Home Premium OA 64 bit
THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT, ON STARTUP, I GOT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start
Insert Windows Installation disk and restart computer
Choose language settings
Click “repair computer”
Boot \BCD
Status:: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A Windows INSTALLATION DISK, I TRIED TO BOOT USING A RECOVERY CD. IT DID NOT BOOT AND REQUESTED A SYSTEM IMAGE TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM. I DO NOT HAVE A SYSTEM IMAGE ON CD OR DVD.
I THEN MANAGED TO GET INTO WinRE (RECOVERY ENVIRONMENT) AND TO MAKE A BACKUP OF MY DOCUMENTS. I RAN THE CHECK DISK OPTION AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. I THEN ATTEMPTED TWICE TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM TO TWO DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE PAST. IN BOTH CASES RESTORE FAILED AND PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE:
System Restore Error 0x8000ffff
MY QUESTION: Is there any way of repairing the problem without having to reinstall Windows and the whole system?
THANK YOU!

It looks like the BCD is missing or corrupted.
First, make a Windows 7 disk as outlined in message 6 here.
Once you have the disk made, boot from it and select the repair option since you don't really want to install Windows.
Once you are in the repair menu, follow the steps in this guide to ensure the boot partition is still the active partition and to repair the BCD.
Let me know what happens.
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