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Malwarebytes didn't find any threats and I did tick scan for rootkits.
I can't find d:\preload\base.wim, only Recovery D: -
Make sure Windows Explorer is configured to enable viewing of Hidden Files - I suspect its not.
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Yes Golden you're right, viewing of hidden files was not enabled. I changed it via Control Panel but it hasn't made any difference, Recovery D: details are the same as the screenshot in Post 12.
Should I try to run ESET?
Leave ESET to run overnight, but I don't think it will find anything.
Browse into D:\Recovery - what is in there?
I've got really really slow (satellite) internet and am thinking an online scan would be problematic??
I'm running MSE again and it's currently running through D: drive and there are oodles of preload\base.wim files. It hasn't yet got to the dodgy one again, if it's still there.
This is all I get when I open the Recovery folder -
In all honesty, I'm convinced it's a false positive since the file path that MSE displays clearly points to the HP recovery partition. MSE only scans it because it has a drive letter associated with it...normally these types of partitions do not have a drive letter and normally they don't need one.
A .wim file is a Windows Imaging format file, used to perform system recovery.
That sounds fine to me Golden. Would there be a reason MSE hasn't come up with it before, on previous scans?
Any ideas on how I can get my laptop back to starting as it used to? It's still taking four minutes to get up and going with icons on the desktop etc.
Honestly, I can't say why it has only happened now...perhaps new definitions are too agressive.
To attempt to repair the issues, try this :
1. Click Start
2. In the search box, type cmd
3. In the list that appears, right-click on cmd.exe and choose Run as administrator
4. In the command window that opens, type sfc /scannow and hit enter.
Report the output from the command window once it finishes.
More detail: SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker