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$secure corrupted during a failed CHKDSK, need help on how to proceed
So like the title said, my $secure corrupted (or supposedly so, as I keep getting an error) after my computer kept shutting itself off while it had been scanning the disk. As of right now I'm downloading updated copies of my personal files onto my external hard drive manually since I cannot run Windows backup right now. I'm unsure what to do from there though.
Looking it up, it seems like reformatting and doing a fresh install/starting from scratch, is the best bet before the hard drive is corrupted further, but I do not have a disk copy of Windows 7 Home Premium (the computer came preinstalled with it). I know I can download it from Microsoft again with my registration code, but I do not have a DVD or a USB to put it on. Just the external hard drive.
Since I only have about 500 GB used, and will have about 500 GB left on the hard drive, I was wondering if I could install Windows 7 from my external hard drive? If so, how would I go about copying the windows files onto the hard drive and starting it up from there? I would really like to avoid messing up the install, since I don't know any stores that sell Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, and I'm sketchy on buying it off of Amazon or Ebay. Plus I don't want to corrupt my external or the files on it. Any advice?