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Old 02-12-2011 at 11:59 PM   #16
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Hijackthis is a very useful tool, had success with it in the past.
Old 02-13-2011 at 12:29 AM   #17
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Considering he's in business, I doubt that he would want to...an intro to the new [better] filesystem can scare some.
Business > Computer Science. Employment value = 0

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Old 02-13-2011 at 09:06 PM   #18
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Yup. Just download the version of windows that you have off a torrent site and simply use your product key found at the bottom of the laptop.
How would you be able to reinstall Windows from what I assume would be an .iso file? Does DaemonTools/ a similar program have a feature that would allow for that?

I'm also considering wiping my hard drive, as the Blue Screen of Death now strikes my laptop seemingly at random on start-up, and it is very, very annoying. Cursed machine.....
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Old 02-13-2011 at 09:14 PM   #19
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burn the iso to a disk or just convert the iso to standalone

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Old 02-13-2011 at 09:41 PM   #20
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Considering he's in business, I doubt that he would want to...an intro to the new [better] filesystem can scare some.
Do you mean operating system? I doubt many would shit bricks just because their computer is now using ext4 rather than NTFS...
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Old 02-13-2011 at 09:55 PM   #21
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Do you mean operating system? I doubt many would shit bricks just because their computer is now using ext4 rather than NTFS...
nah, I meant filesystem. Drives vs folders-only but I guess you're right, the biggest problem would be of trying to run an exe file lol
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