Solved BSOD after boot up, during login or right after, (bad spool header?)

[essenbe]

As long as you are absolutely sure they are virus free and they are legit, yes. I know about Humble Bundle. They are OK. I suspect most of your viruses and computer problems came from the cracked software. I wouldn't advise ever putting it back on my machine. You will have a lot of people say I am crazy and they do it all the time. You have seen the evidence yourself. But, before putting anything back on the machine including your other hard drives, be certain they have no viruses and Trojans in them.

Also be careful about viruses on anything like your USB Flash drives too. Anything can be infected. Just be sure they are not before putting them back on your clean machine.

As soon as you have finished the install I would use a program like Macrium and make a system image and put it on an external hard drive or somewhere safe. You can use it to restore the system to that point. You will never have to do another clean install again. Just restore that image. many people do regular images so if something were to happen, they could restore the image and not lose a lot of time and effort. You can even make an image of your game files.

 

[Depache]

understood i checked out the site (have i been pwnd) and my steam account is clear also i did safemode scan and had my laptop hook up to my HD's and scanned them each with no hits. so i think they are safe with a few more files. ya i understand about the bad files im done with that now that i have no more reason to get them or need them i can get legit or alt open source programs online they are not the same but close enough for me. and no issues with games either. i have no mans sky on pre-order and am excited to get it this is another reason for me to clean my crap up. that and im starting a new business up and am making money now and need not to be screwing myself.

on a separate note it took forever to find what motherboard version i had it was in a corner under the video card, (its version 1.1)

 

[essenbe]

They can be hard to find. there is software that will find it for you though. Sounds like you are doing a good job.

 

[Depache]

cool ya the steam backup feature is doing its thing. it dose it without extra files so mods viruses anything that is not what the game comes with is being copied according to steam that is. and if i want anything like those i have to do extra effort so i am going to do this backup image from steam and not do mods ill get them after i redo windows. they are not as big as the games. i already backup pictures, movies, and documents easy enough. and im pretty sure they are clean. oh i thought of something my appdata hidden folder do i need to backup that?

i figure i ask since im backing up right now as it is.

 

[essenbe]

No, I never backup AppData.
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[Depache]

thank you i wont

 

[essenbe]

It really isn't necessary or needed.

 

[Depache]

ok finally done backing up and checking data one last time. after this message my computer will be clean ill do as you instructed

 

[essenbe]

Great. let us know how it goes.

 

[Depache]

yay clean and happy now im going to go make that image or backup restore point from that program you told me about

 

[essenbe]

Very good. Excellent job. A restore point is a good idea. However in time a restore point will be overwritten by newer restore points. You can make an image and keep it for as long as you want. There are quite a few good programs to do that with. Many, if not most, here prefer Macrium I linked to earlier. There are others though. Use whichever one you would like.

I'm glad you have a good clean install and hope your computer is running better and you will be able to keep it running well.

 

[Depache]

yay clean and happy now im going to go make that image or backup restore point from that program you told me about

and that message didnt go through i guess but im done now. i have a image of my computer as it is and have it saved on CDVD also that program made a live CD of windows. that is awesome so if my computer dose not boot windows for what ever reason i can boot the live cd and run what i need to fix it from there. its like a alt to safe mode. i am so grateful for everything you and your colleague have done for me and i am ready for the ligit world and all it offers. thankyou again so very very much i wish i could do something in return but not sure what you would want from me other than keeping my nose clean.

 

[Depache]

i will mark as solved after this thank you again

so my post has had over 1k views, im not sure why is this that common of a issue?

 

[essenbe]

Yes and no. it is a problem of common interest though. A search of a problem can pick up on key words and direct someone to this thread. So, it isn't like 1000 people have read this entire thread.

You are welcome for any help we gave and I hope you will keep the computer clean as possible. Running those scans we directed you to often can catch things before it gets out of hand. A good anti virus and anti malware program will help a lot. The best Anti virus is you. Know what sites you go to, what you are downloading and where you are downloading it from is the best anti virus. If you put a virus or malware on your computer, the best anti virus program won't help a lot. Great job and you made the right decisions and now have a good clean install. Congratulations. Well done.

Please mark the thread as Solved if you think it is.