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I have a virus I believe-,what's the fastest route I can restore boot
Currently installing from an old disc Pro 64bit win 7 to a new hard drive hoping I can dl some antivirus to clear it that route.
Infected HDD is Ultimate 64bit win 7. (no repair disc or thumbdrive)
-No safe mode/ f8 option will boot
-Repair mode won't work
-Last restore point won't work
- 00007B Error on all,mentions to check for a virus (probable). Chkdsk gives no errors.
I'm dl'ing Win defender offline with a library update to a usb drive right now too, looking at avira rescue disc as well but my internet is slow at home where I am fixing it, so failing wastes a lot of time.
As I am about to have a working OS to use with the machine for the infected drive, what would you suggest I do in order to restore it's functionality...via repairing windows that way (as a secondary non os drive) or recommended virus programs/etc.. . There's some things I need to get off there, far easier done manually (bookmarks and such) and I just need to remove the virus/malware before I format it and make it a backup OS
I've not had to do this in a long time, and I've pretty much forgot how to repair it beyond what I've done.