- Jan 12, 2018
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Hi there everyone. I am not the most computer savvy guy so please bear with me.
A handful of years ago I was a foolhardy early twenties guy building my first pc and I went over budget and foolishly pirated windows. A mistake I have regretted since. On top of that windows detected the fraudulent software and rather then doing the smart thing and purchasing a key I downloaded a program to hide it further from Windows.
Well long story short I am guessing this program probably loaded my pc with a virus or something and after being turned off for nearly a year I recently booted it up to see that it will not allow me to boot the os at all anymore.
I plan on buying a new os within the month but before installing I would like to be certain my drives are cleared up and safe from viruses and the like.
My question is how do i go about ensuring there are no viruses on the drives before installing a new Windows software?
On a side note if i lost my motherboard boot disk can I just get a key of sorts from their website and load it on to a USB drive to replace the required disk?
Also if this is not the correct board forgive me and if possible please move this post to the correct board. I was honestly not sure where to post this question.
A handful of years ago I was a foolhardy early twenties guy building my first pc and I went over budget and foolishly pirated windows. A mistake I have regretted since. On top of that windows detected the fraudulent software and rather then doing the smart thing and purchasing a key I downloaded a program to hide it further from Windows.
Well long story short I am guessing this program probably loaded my pc with a virus or something and after being turned off for nearly a year I recently booted it up to see that it will not allow me to boot the os at all anymore.
I plan on buying a new os within the month but before installing I would like to be certain my drives are cleared up and safe from viruses and the like.
My question is how do i go about ensuring there are no viruses on the drives before installing a new Windows software?
On a side note if i lost my motherboard boot disk can I just get a key of sorts from their website and load it on to a USB drive to replace the required disk?
Also if this is not the correct board forgive me and if possible please move this post to the correct board. I was honestly not sure where to post this question.
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