MERGED QUESTION
Question from jjhotcat : "Unable to Reset PC"
jjhotcat :
I have a trojan blocking me from resetting PC. I am unable to use windows recovery and advanced startup. Any other way?
Grobe :
What do you mean by "resetting pC"? Do you have a disk image that you trying to recover back to? Or does the manufactor offer a way to reset it back to factory default?
On another PC, download the
Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB
I would suggest a fresh install if reset won't work due to a virus. Its only way to know its gone
Copy any documents you want to save onto USB or something.
change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
follow this guide:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html
when you reach the screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished
On the screen where you choose where to install win 10, if it gives you an error about GPT drives, delete all the partitions on the hdd and press next. If it still gives error, cancel out of the installer and restart PC and start installer again, it will accept next on that screen this time (some PC just need a restart here).