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biffzinker wrote:yeah, it is. You saying that reminded me to tick see all files and folders. I was able to get those out of that folder. Will report back. Thanks for the help/;.Try running Disk Check it's possible the file system - (NTFS) has errors that need correcting.
If disk check comes up clean/no errors then it likely is a permission issue.
How are you accessing the drive? Is this that laptop your trying to clean of malware?
biffzinker wrote:Hrmmm. I have nothing to hook this laptop to. I don't have any connections or the like to do it with. I am just having to go into the laptop and do it from there.Hopefully your cleaning the drive from another computer? It would make the cleaning process faster instead of on the laptop.
toki wrote:biffzinker wrote:Hrmmm. I have nothing to hook this laptop to. I don't have any connections or the like to do it with. I am just having to go into the laptop and do it from there.Hopefully your cleaning the drive from another computer? It would make the cleaning process faster instead of on the laptop.
biffzinker wrote:I don't even own a laptop, so I don't really know how to take it apart. People tell me I am computer savvy when I am more just try to keep my stuff together based on necessity. I just basically want them to not have their stuff riddled with viruses.toki wrote:biffzinker wrote:Hrmmm. I have nothing to hook this laptop to. I don't have any connections or the like to do it with. I am just having to go into the laptop and do it from there.Hopefully your cleaning the drive from another computer? It would make the cleaning process faster instead of on the laptop.
You know you can remove the hard drive from the laptop, and when your finished stick it back in the laptop.
Edit: The connectors (power, and SATA) on a 2.5 inch drive are the same as in your desktop. If it was a slim-line optical drive then you might have some trouble.
toki wrote:Thanks. I am almost threw with it at this point I think. I got the oogles of viruses off of it and I got the corrupted files off of it.
toki wrote:Only thing left to do now is set it up for them so that hopefully it may be a little more streamlined for them, so they can't step into virus havens and click on all ads and so on.
just brew it! wrote:You really need to nuke this thing from orbit, reinstall the OS, and teach the user how to use the Internet safely.
Flying Fox wrote:And today it is difficult to find a Win7 licence.
DPete27 wrote:Wait...why would you need a new Windows license?
DPete27 wrote:If the original Windows key sticker is still on it, just use that. My company re-images our computers to enterprise and they let me use the original product keys. If you're installing Win10 straight off, it works just fine. If you're installing Windows 7 again, I've laid out the steps here.
toki (in the other thread) wrote:I saw no sticker with install key on the battery or bottom of laptop.
DPete27 wrote:If the original Windows key sticker is still on it, just use that. My company re-images our computers to enterprise and they let me use the original product keys. If you're installing Win10 straight off, it works just fine. If you're installing Windows 7 again, I've laid out the steps here.
toki wrote:I am trying to clean windows 7 and I am getting C:/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/Appdata/Local/temp corrupted message all through avast boot time scan. I wouldn't normally use avast, but I like to use it for the boot time function. Would anyone happen to know how to get into this folder so that I can delete the temp files? Or should I just leave it as it is?
toki wrote:I am trying to clean windows 7 and I am getting C:/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/Appdata/Local/temp corrupted message all through avast boot time scan. I wouldn't normally use avast, but I like to use it for the boot time function. Would anyone happen to know how to get into this folder so that I can delete the temp files? Or should I just leave it as it is?
basisPx wrote:toki wrote:I am trying to clean windows 7 and I am getting C:/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/Appdata/Local/temp corrupted message all through avast boot time scan. I wouldn't normally use avast, but I like to use it for the boot time function. Would anyone happen to know how to get into this folder so that I can delete the temp files? Or should I just leave it as it is?
Why don't you try to use CCleanup master or smth like that?
basisPx wrote:toki wrote:I am trying to clean windows 7 and I am getting C:/windows/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/Appdata/Local/temp corrupted message all through avast boot time scan. I wouldn't normally use avast, but I like to use it for the boot time function. Would anyone happen to know how to get into this folder so that I can delete the temp files? Or should I just leave it as it is?
Why don't you try to use CCleanup master or smth like that?
