Windows 10: Probably shut down PC during Windows update and can no longer boot

Last night before going to sleep I clicked the update and shutdown button on my pc, turned off the monitor and got into bed. My pc waites for a minute for what I assumed was it installing the update and then switched off - only to subsequently switch back on again. With the monitor off and me half-asleep I assumed that I had clicked update and restart instead and hard shutdown my pc by the power button. Cut to today when I try to boot my computer only to receive the dreaded "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" message.How do I go a

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Windows 98 and ME no longer updatable...

Quite right, XP is still listed in technet. Win 98 unfortunately isn't. Windows 3.1 and 3.2 are listed though.

 

Windows XP update and internet Issue

Microsoft has been shutting down some of their XP update server to prepare for the end of life of XP. That means that if your ISPs DNS servers are slow at updating then you will be trying to use servers that no longer exist.

I suggest you download the latest XP roll-up disc, it will have most of the updates you need and I also suggest hard coding a Google DNS as your primary DNS in your router.

 

Windows XP Error: Could not Boot after update

repairing windows will just fix any damaged files, id suggest taking off your over clocking settings the try booting in, maybe when you updated you also updated some censoring device which is now causing you a problem with your over clock settings.