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To: Hostage
  1. Get the Windows® serial number off the the laptop.
  2. Request new installation media from the manufacturer.
  3. While you're waiting for that, on another computer, download a System Rescue CD here:http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemrescuecd/
  4. Write that rescue "CD" onto a USB stick in bootable form.
  5. Shutdown the laptop.
  6. Boot the USB stick from the BIOS menu, and use the rescue CD to format the hard-drive. [You do NOT need to trash the HD as some here are recommending.]
  7. When the install media arrives. Reinstall Windows®
  8. Yes, it it highly likely that your WiFi password is compromised. Change from another computer, but only after you've reformatted the laptop, and do not log onto the network until Windows® is reinstalled.

10 posted on 07/31/2015 8:15:53 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Dindunuffin.)
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To: FredZarguna

Thanks!


13 posted on 07/31/2015 8:17:53 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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