Recovery or Repair Install ???


  1. copiman
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    Recovery or Repair Install ???


    I have a friends laptop that was totally infected. All hardware is good. Corrupted OS. I was thinking about either a recovery and just do the updates or a repair install which I have never done. I have read the tutorial on repair and my take is it just does the OS and leaves everything else in tack. What would you recommend?

    Also this laptop has 7 64bit with only 2G of RAM, a 5400rpm hdd, and is used for home use. How much RAM should it have without overdoing it?
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Copiman, :)

    Since it's infected, I would recommend to clean install, or factory recovery if OEM, to be safe.
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  4. copiman
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    Thanks Brink.
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  6. Brink
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    You're welcome. :)
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