An unexpected error occurred during system restore (0x80070002)

24 hours of frustration in to this issue
it appears that my laptop updated on the 10th as I see a restore point but it ran out of juice around this time and after recharging it now won't boot I just get the blue screen with rotating dots.
By powering on and off several times in quick succession the auto repair runs but that does not fix the issue, if I select advanced options after auto repair I get the options...
continue and exit to Windows 10 - simply boots to the blue screen again
use a device - I don't have a usb or recovery dvd
troubleshoot - I would prefer not to reset and loose all my programs / apps so advanced options appears to be my only choice.
startup repair does not work for this issue
system image recovery - I don't have a system image file
command prompt - I would need very detailed guidance as I am not an it person
uefi firmware settings - as above (I don't even know what this is)?
so I was left with system restore but unfortunately all restore points fail and give me the error in the title
Please help
thanks
Simon

Sorry forgot to mention this laptop was an upgraded Windows 8 - I tried the see more recovery options "go back to previous build" but that fails too - "we ran into problems and won't be able to take you back to your previous build try resetting your current build instead" as I said I would prefer not to lose all my installed programs.

Thanks mike but it appears a repair install can only be run from inside Windows 10 how do I do it if it won't boot?

No luck
i downloaded and run as described above however when I click repair computer the screen shows 2. Options troubleshoot or turn off pc.
after clicking troubleshoot I get reset this pic or advanced options...
reset is the same as advanced options on the pc - I will lose my programs
advanced options - system restore does not offer any options I get a pop up window saying to specify which Windows installation to restore and to restart the computer
system image recovery - another pop up - Windows cannot find a system image on this computer
start up repair - I get message start up repair couldn't repair your pc
command prompt - ?? I would not know what to do
go back to previous build- message - we ran into a problem and won't be able to take you back - try resetting your current build

any other ideas would be greatly appreciated
simon

WSR shat the bed bad on this one huh?

Best you can do is try running Startup Repair, hopefully this is an issue with your Boot Manager and/or System Drivers. If they can be repaired and you can enter Windows, that's great.

If it doesn't, I would cut your losses and re-format. You're going to lose any data still stored locally on the machine but at least you'll be able to boot into Windows again. When you are back into Windows you'll immediately want to run backup, a good disk imager like Macrium Reflect Free or a snapshot program like Rollback rx should do the trick.