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Reinstall windows but no disc?

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  • 17-10-2012 10:12pm
    #1
    Four of a kind
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭


    Friends Samsung 64bit windows laptop is gone beyond slow and I reckon there's a virus somewhere in it. He has all his important stuff backed up and removed.

    However he cannot find the windows disc that came with the laptop so I don't know how I can get things back to out of the box settings.

    Any suggestions on how I can overcome this problem?


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    #2
    Torqay
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    Hit F4 during the POST screen (before Windows loads). This should launch the Samsung Recovery Solution. Restore the laptop to factory default.


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    IIIAcHmEdIII
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    Sorry but correct me if I'm wrong but if. He backed up everything and you think it was a virus it may be well possible that the virus has spread to where ever he backed it all up. And if you do re-install windows and place the backed up stuff you could just reinfect the whole system again. I suggest scanning where its backed very well before continuing just to make sure and be safe


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    uch
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    Scan with A/V, then download something like malwarebytes or Spybot Search and destroy, do an update then scan and remove problems, I doubt you'll need a re-install after doing this. And as IIIAcHmEdIII say's you will probably just copy the infected files back to a clean system and Whammo, you're back to square one in no time.

    21/25



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