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^^So am I just screwed then...
I'm.... not sure
Well this is a weird sensation I must admit.
I'm probably just being a fossil, completely oblivious to advancements in virus scanning technology. I genuinely haven't heard of something like that existing.
Need someone else's input methinks.
For now I recommend doing a fresh install.
Great I don't have a CD drive to re-install windows on...grr screw you microsoft.
Doesn't look like a system restore is possible either, Microsoft has the only restore date as yesterday which makes no sense at all. Oh well, I am screwed. Guess I should consider bootlegging Windows to fix the problem.
Not at all. It's possible to put Windows on a USB stick, I always do that since I too lack a disk drive.
If you search Google for 'Windows 7 ISO' one of the first links should be from a forum called
SevenForums (I think it's now 'Eight') containing a thread with all the different links for your version of Windows to download from Microsoft's own
Digital River site. They are clean and official, but take a while to download given the traffic.
You can then put this image file on a blank pen stick by means of software, I like
WINtoBootic.
From there it just acts as a CD would. One exception, USB 3.0 isn't legacy and therefore means it needs drivers, when doing a fresh install your computer won't have those drivers so the stick must be plugged in to an available USB 2.0 port.
Obviously when prompted, re-use the license on the sticker that came with your Windows (Not the one in Control Panel).