Not even gonna try to justify it, I fucked up high time. That poor piece of technology has more viruses than an experimental lab right now, its totally fucked.

Can’t type shit, can’t run the antivirus, can’t delete the offending file, can’t end the task, fuck I can’t even navigate trhough files- honest to God, that PC does not belong to me right now. But I want it back from whatever piece of hell I shoved it into…

I know enough to be able to run a pen drive windows reinstall, but how do I wipe the PC if control has completely been taken from me?

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    1 year ago

    Physically Power off the PC by pressing and holding the power button, which will cut the powering circuit or unplug the PC.

    Then get another computer and a flash drive.

    Look up Windows 10 installation media.

    Run it on the 2nd computer.

    Install your USB Drive.

    Install Windows 10 (from the media tool) on the flash drive. After it is done, close media tool, eject usb, and prepare to plug it into the main PC.

    Know which key is the bios key for the main PC. Run off the USB Drive with Windows 10 bootable installation and reinstall Windows. This will 100% delete everything on the main hard drive (your storage drive) and reinstall Windows.

    IF - Last Resort: You reinstalled and still have issues. THEN: Power off PC and physically remove storage drive and replace it with a new storage drive like an SSD. Repeat the same Windows 10 installation process from there with the USB Drive.

    Good Luck!