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Hey guys, I plan on doing a reformat of my windows 8 laptop and I was wondering whether a simple reformat using the built in reset function would get rid of any potential nasty malware on my laptop or is it possible for some malware to survive it? What would I need to do to be sure my new install is completely clean (i.e. resetting BIOS, etc.)? I don't care to save my personal files because I don't have anything important on this laptop. Thank you.
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02-19-2015, 11:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2015, 11:35 PM by devin.)
@Timster My laptop is ASUS so I'm not sure if it's OEM. Also, I need some assurance that no malware can alter and include itself onto the factory version of the OS rendering the reset useless.
@Britec Also, the laptop didn't come with the windows 8 installation CD so I can't really try what the link is telling me to do.
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Do you not create a Recovery CD? Do you have recovery partition?
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@Britec Yah, I neglected to make a recovery CD when I first got my laptop. I'll do it once I reset my computer.
@Timster Ok, will do. One question, will they ask for my activation code before I can reset the computer?
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02-21-2015, 05:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2015, 05:32 AM by Timster.)
Your reset will be auto activated. The only input it will ask you is user name desired, time and date etc.
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Ok, thank you for the input, britec and timster.