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I've gone through some kind of virus and malware apocalypse after downloading some stuff, and antiviruse programs fail to clean everything. What is worse, after deleting what seemed to me as some malware remnants, Microsoft Edge stopped working.

So I thought that the only way to recover my PC is a full Windows reset, but I don't have an installation disc nor restore point. I still can reset my PC, but I'm not sure if Edge will work again. I just don't want to end up with a clean computer without any access to the internet.

Does anyone know if resetting my PC will help?

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Microsoft offers the MediaCreationTool free of charge. Get an empty 8gb or larger USB stick. Use the tool to convert it into an installation media.

Download your network drivers and save them on the USB stick.

  1. Backup your important file to USB external hard drive.
  2. Boot from USB stick
  3. Format, and re-install windows
  4. Re-apply your network driver.
  5. Use web browser to download everything else.

http://devid.info/ will help

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  • Thanks, but what does the re-applying the network driver mean?
    – Uzzernaim
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 1:11
  • @Uzzernaim it depends on your network driver. Some come as EXE files you can just run, and an installer installs them. Some come as a ZIP file you open up, and then have to go into the device manager, right click the NIC and select update driver. Then point the dialog box at the unzipped version of the driver.
    – cybernard
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 1:19

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