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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #45 on: November 28, 2014, 10:08:58 PM »
A minimum would be 4Gb and alas very few computers will boot from an SD card
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #46 on: November 28, 2014, 10:45:24 PM »
Thanks Essexboy. I'll report back when I have hold of a stick. Enjoy the weekend :)
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #47 on: November 28, 2014, 11:15:31 PM »
And yourself :)
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #48 on: December 04, 2014, 02:58:48 PM »
It's 2 days late but I finally have an 8GB USB stick. So What do I need to copy to it please?
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #49 on: December 04, 2014, 03:46:24 PM »
Follow the steps in Post 2 ...  Do you still have the ISO's ?
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #50 on: December 04, 2014, 05:20:02 PM »
Hi Essexboy yes I still have the ISO file will follow post 2 now. Cheers :)
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #51 on: December 04, 2014, 05:51:52 PM »
Nightmare. Followed all instructions and booted through F8 > usb storage and it takes me to the initial CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED blue screen :(
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #52 on: December 04, 2014, 06:46:02 PM »
What does it say on the blue screen ?  So the boot from USB nearly works
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #53 on: December 04, 2014, 06:53:17 PM »
Update! I tried again and I'm in. I've gone all the way past the blue screens above as far as opening 'notepad' from cmd. It says find the drive (I have) then close notepad (won't allow me with drive screen open) and then type d:/frst64.exe in the command box. Where can I find the command box to type this in? Thankyou :) Woohoooo progress :D
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #54 on: December 04, 2014, 06:59:15 PM »
As you are already in command prompt then just type it there and press enter
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #55 on: December 04, 2014, 07:06:30 PM »
Tried that a couple of times, and the command line comes back as

f:/frst64.exe is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

« Last Edit: December 04, 2014, 07:08:31 PM by sybenson77 »
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #56 on: December 04, 2014, 07:11:13 PM »
When you open notepad and then select save what drive letter is allocated to the USB ? 

If it is d then the command is D:\frst64.exe

If it is e then the command is E:\frst64.exe
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #57 on: December 04, 2014, 07:18:48 PM »
It's drive D. Tried the command in the black command window a dozen times now. If it helps, when I open the USB on the laptop, it shows a list of files that belong to frst. When I open the same drive on the usb when hooked to the sick PC, the frst files aren't shown
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #58 on: December 04, 2014, 08:02:21 PM »
is there another frst file i can download?
« Last Edit: December 04, 2014, 08:12:09 PM by sybenson77 »
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Re: PC faulty after system restore due to Avast Update messing my browser files
« Reply #59 on: December 04, 2014, 08:51:07 PM »
As it is a BCD error we will rebuild it from the command prompt. Enter the following commands one at a time followed by enter, then try a normal boot :

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
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