Clean install

Old Perry

So the missus's laptop is riddled with adware from streaming and i was going to reinstall windows 7 as a fix. although the software is genuine windows we dont have a disc.

so what are the options here? can a reinstall be done? is there other options such as formating or something like that? what do people recommend, thanks in advance.

mordeith

Old Perry wrote: »

So the missus's laptop is riddled with adware from streaming and i was going to reinstall windows 7 as a fix. although the software is genuine windows we dont have a disc.

so what are the options here? can a reinstall be done? is there other options such as formating or something like that? what do people recommend, thanks in advance.

There is usually a recovery partition on the laptop. You can just do a factory reset. You'll need your Win 7 key of course. Usually on a sticker on bottom of laptop.

mp22

Old Perry wrote: »

So the missus's laptop is riddled with adware from streaming and i was going to reinstall windows 7 as a fix. although the software is genuine windows we dont have a disc.

so what are the options here? can a reinstall be done? is there other options such as formating or something like that? what do people recommend, thanks in advance.

Boot the pc in safe mode with networking,install adwcleaner run same,then install malwarebytes update and run,(the free version)

Old Perry

Cheers fellas. used the cleaners and will give the factory reset a go at a later date.

mordeith

Old Perry wrote: »

Cheers fellas. used the cleaners and will give the factory reset a go at a later date.

Don't forget to backup all your data first

Old Perry

mordeith wrote: »

Don't forget to backup all your data first

Oh yeah for sure. will read through a few how to guides first anyways.

MiskyBoyy

Adwcleaner ftw!

TerrorFirmer

If there's no recovery partition, you can use KeyFinder to get the key Windows is installed with and download an ISO of that copy of Windows 7 and burn it to disc/create bootable USB.