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Should I upgrade to Win 8 or re-install Win 7
Hello
My Win7 x64 system seems to be SEVERELY screwed up. (See this thread
Windows "not genuine" but can't run legitcheck.hta - HELP! )
I am now wondering if:
a) I should re-install Windows 7 from scratch
b) If so should I upgrade to Windows 8 (8.1)
c) If so should I use Macrium Reflect Free to rewind the computer to about a copy of the disk 18 months ago first and run an UPGRADE OR should I wipe the disk (SSD) and start again.
I know that I have recently had some malware problems and I have run various anti-malware utilities (most things you can think of) and various fairly trivial sounding things were cleaned up removed.
I am nervous that if I have a seriously nasty virus will I re-infect my PC when I re-load all my data?
All help/advice gratefully received.
J
P.S.
Here is a list of what my computer consists of in terms of hardware:
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Motherboard: Intel DP55WB (MA TX)
Processor: Intel Core I5 750 2.66GHz
RAM: 8GB = (2GB 1066 DDR3 Memory) x4 modules
Hard disk: SSD 300GB, "INTEL SSDSA2CW300G3 ATA Device"
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 5770 - S/n: 7 78656 05291 8
DVD: DVD-RWSATA (BOOT MENU: TSSTcorp CDDVDDW SH-S223C - ATAPI?)
Operating system: Windows7 Pro 64Bit
Power supply: 500W ATX 12v 80+ PSU
Mouse: Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX - M/N: M-R0001 - (Darkfield 910-000873 5 099206011571
Keboard: Microsoft Comfort Curve Control Keyboard 2000 v1.0
Case: Midi Tower
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