wow worked like magic, i see my files now! When i ran the sfc /scannow it said something on the likes of: found errors but could fix all of them. Should i do the repair install just to be safe? I have everything ready to go(dvd etc) i just want the laptop to be clean and clear. Thanks, all of you have been great
Hello joshuadjohnson2, welcome to Seven Forums!
Did you install and register free Avast Home as suggested, if you didn't this all is a waste of time as you'll get infected again.
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is it really better than avg free?
yep, truthfully its my moms laptop, im not sure what she did to get this. Ive never had an issue with avg before but i will try out avast thanks for your help! just downloaded it now
Hi Joshua,
I would definately follow BFK's advice : AVG lost a huge amount of ground to others, like Avast, in recent times. I don' think you will find anyone worth their salt recommending it these days.
Good luck,
Golden
thanks just switched all my family computers to avast
I would run the System File Checker again a few times to see if it can repair the files. If not, go ahead with the Repair Install.
You will need a Win7 installation DVD with SP1 to do Repair Install if you have SP1 installed. If you can't find an installer for your version with SP1 you can try to uninstall SP1: uninstall Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
k turns out my mom never updated to SP1 so im good to go, ill update once i finish, thanks again for all the help
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