restored laptop to factory settings cant open downloaded files

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  1.    #21

    Do you wish to use the Recovery Partition or Disks to recover to factory condition, or use a Win7 installation DVD to clean reinstall now?

    You would only wipe or delete the HD if the Recovery Partition is confirmed not to run and you have located and burned to DVD or written to flash stick the Win7 ISO file for your version and have it ready to reinstall following these steps I gave you: Reinstalling Windows 7

    If you ran Factory Recovery and it failed before, have you tried running it again? HP Backup and Recovery Manager

    There are some tricks we can help you with to force it to run if it won't. And if the Recovery disks will not install a satisfactory installation after running them again, then your best bet is to clean reinstall with a Win7 installer you've located, to a wiped HD so that any corrupt code is overwritten: SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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  2. Posts : 33
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       #22

    i tried using the hp disks that hp sent me to reinstall windows 7 (to factory settings) and they also sent me a suppliment disk - cost me £33, all was fine after I booted from the cd - I pursumed that it had worked as everything started a fresh , but then when i tried to download file a from internet (firefox - webrowser), it downloaded, but then when i went to open the programe it said "file curupt", also tried it will google chrome and the same thing happend, also tried try to download bios from offical hp website, looked like it had downloaded, but then wen i went to open it "curupt file" flashed up, I also had a copy of malwarebytes (that was on a stick) and it went to open it and "curput file "came up.
    Do you think that i have a virus or something on the harddrive that cant be wiped off, also is there a programe that i can download via my friends computer that i can put on a usb stick/cd that will look through computer and delete virus, that dosent have to download things from the internet,also another problem i have is that i use a dongle - mobile broadband, so internet connection is not good for downloading

    I know im asking alot and Im VERY gratefully for all the help, also im not a computer professional, so it does take me time to understand things sometime.
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  3.    #23

    If you wipe the HD using the tutorial in my last post before running Recovery or a Clean Reinstall then there won't be any possibility of infection remaining on the HD.
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    windows 7 64 bit
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       #24

    gregrocker - when i delete my hard drive, im really nervouse about doing it incase i do it wrong, but if it gets everything back to square one then thats what i will do.
    Ive got a feeling that ive had malwarye / virus on my laptop and thats why its not able to downlaod files, will they all be deleted.

    Again THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP, like i said Im nervouse about deleting harddrive - incase i do it wrong. and I cant get back online -wish me luck im going to do it tomorrow morning.
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  5.    #25

    Why would you worry about wiping the HD affecting your data if you just ran Recovery Disks which overwrote everything anyway? Keep your data backed up externally, of course.

    Try running Factory Recovery from the disks again. , check download situation between each step you take to set it up so you can isolate what is causing the behavior you report.

    Let us know what you find out.
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  6. Posts : 33
    windows 7 64 bit
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       #26

    tried running the factory recovery and got this error code 0x800700b7
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  7.    #27

    If you still can boot into the OS, try running SFC -SCANNOW Command several times if it finds corrupted System files. Next try a Repair Install which requires using a Win7 installation DVD for your version so you should strongly consider next doing the superior clean reinstall which we can help troubleshoot better with certainty it will get installed. Reinstalling Windows 7

    Exactly how are you running Factory Recovery? Have you tried more than one method (partition from boot, disks)?

    What step does it fail exactly, and what is the full text of the error message?

    As a last resort after trying all Factory Recovery methods, wipe the HD before running Recovery disks using tutorial steps given earlier using Diskpart, or use free DBAN or Partition Wizard CD from boot. Back up your data first and a Win7 backup image if you want to keep the crippled OS. Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
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  8. Posts : 33
    windows 7 64 bit
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       #28

    I re-installed using recovery partition and all worked fine untill i came to download firefox and the same happend with everything I have tried to download and open.
    then I tried re-installing from the 3 disks that hp sent me (2 system recovery dvds and 1 application and driver recovery cd), said it dleted the harddrive and had to start from scratch again and the same thing happend when i tried to download firefox and other files and got the message "curupt files"
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  9.    #29

    You say it worked fine until you installed Firefox. Does this mean other installers worked before that?

    What exactly did you do before this occurred? Are there System Restore
    points along the way so you can work backward through them sequentially to see if Firefox installer works?

    If you ran Factory Recovery again then your HD was reformatted but not cleaned. We can try that next after seeing if you can isolate exactly what you did that might have triggered installer failure here.

    Again the process is to check installer performance after each step you take after Recovery, to see what you are doing that is causing the problem. Only other things could be a boot-sector virus needing wiped, hardware problems if this happens at all times after reinstall, or some problem with the factory image which can be checked by clean reinstalling with the Win7 installation DVD: Reinstalling Windows 7
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  10. Posts : 33
    windows 7 64 bit
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       #30

    no other installers worked, like you said when I recoverd computer it reformated the hd, but not cleaned it.

    I have a windows iso file that i downloaded at my mates house, but im just a bit worried about using it, would i need to put the hp factory restore cds in as well when i have run the windows 7 dvd, you must excuse my lack of pc knowledge - i know it comes across that im not the best, but i really apriciate you help with this.
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