Why are my windows updates causing my computer to fail to start?

i have an hp pavilion dv7 notebook pc and i recently was forced to do windows updates. it was a total of 77 updates. when i tried to turn my computer back on i had to do a hard shut down. when i started it for the 3rd time it gave me the message that my computer failed to start. then i had to do a system restore to before the updates. now i have to shut down and i have to do the updates again. i don't know if i should do. is there anyway to make the updates so they do not mess up my computer again.

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Uncheck all updates with drivers and check will this help or not.
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