Windows Restore

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My question didn't make it to inbox.exe so hopefully someone else can help me out, I hope I don't end up seeming like too much of a noob

Lately I have been having issues on a laptop with Windows 7 and it's restore methods. A few weeks ago I began to run Ubuntu alongside Windows, and later on I decided to install all those updates on Windows that I kept forgetting about, the following few days were fine, maybe some slow startups here and there. A few more days later on when I booted up Windows it would do it's usual loading screen but then blinked the dreaded blue screen at me faster than I could read it and my computer would restart. This has been ongoing in every mode I try to start Windows except for Recovery Mode I tried to load a restore point but nothing was found. I may or may not pirate illegal materials from time to time *wink wink* but in the months leading to the problem I had not installed anything unsafe.  I wish there was a way I could get the actual restore file through Ubuntu in order to save it to a portable device to restore from that. I really hope theres a way to fix this and I don't have to deal with moving all my data and reinstalling Windows
In conclusion, what the hell did I do wrong and how can I fix this mess?
Also I left the updates downloading on battery power and it might've shut down during installations, maybe thats the issue? 

I someone can help me, there's an issue with Ubuntu that doesn't let the APU work properly so I can't even play Source games :( 


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Do you have the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 7?

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64 bit

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Maybe part of the harddrive got corrupted, I'm not exactly sure if that can even happen. Can you get to the BIOS?

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yeah, but the hard drive is fine I connected it to another computer and ubuntu booted up fine, but not windows, yes I can get to the bios

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I'll be honest, I'm just spitballing here. I'm sure there is someone here who can help, this is a little out of my knowledge.

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find the virus first with a live linux dvd. then use a live linux dvd that will mount ntfs read write. delete the virus. reboot into safe mode and run as administrator sfc /scannow in a command prompt.

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If you have the original install disk for windows, insert that into the computer and boot to it. Then select to repair the computer. Should fix the problem, unless it is a HDD issue.