Blue screen of death after Windows 7 update-cant get into safe mode or anything else to fix!Help please?!

Hi My windows 7 professional did an update 2 days ago as i logged out of windows to go back into os x and since then i get a BSOD when i go into windows which flashes so fast I can't see the error message- -I've tried system repair, restore, image, safe mode, booting off my bootable USB with windows 7 install disk on it- nothing will get past BSOD!!!
I'm on a macbook air OS X 10 and windows 7 professional - any ideas besides completely wiping hte bootcamp partition using disk utility and reinstalling windows how I can roll back that update please?!
I wish i didnt have to use windows
thanks so much for any help I've tried everything I've read online and can think of and no joy!

Sorry didnt answer other bits!
I'm on 10.6.8
I use reFit to boot into Windows so after my last time shutting down from Windows it did an update- since then when I go into windows i get the splash screen a pause then a flash of BSOD and the whole mac restarts (back to reFit menu!)
I tried doing F8 in the windows and did every option- repair, enable boot logging, scan, safe mode- no joy
I plugged in bootable USB (i installed from bootable USB originially also but the current USB im using I installed Windows 7 from onto a Dell no probs last week so its fine!) - went through F8 options on that too (booting into the USB windows via reFIt again) - but same issue!
When I do the system image it just doesnt see the USB drive at all with the backup on it

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