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Dual Boot
Thanks for your reply. I just tried booting into the infected operating system and it won't even complete the boot process anymore. The damage done by the virus, which I wrote down but can't find, something like CLdownloader!74, grows worse all the time. I'm afraid it may make the whole system unstable if I try to boot into it again. Should I delete the OS entry using Easy BCD before formatting the infected hard drive?
gordoncanada you may boot into the system which is clean and update Windows Defender and right click on the infected partition and run scan on it.
You may use bootable Windows 10 installer and perform installation and in the setup select repair on the system which has problem or try format and reinstall Windows on it. However, during installation make sure you select the correct partition to avoid removing the working Windows.
Thanks everyone. I was able to install Windows 10 and maintain my dual boot system. I'm not sure why, but I only have a legacy black and white boot menu rather than the colourful boot menu usually associated with Windows 10 (this happened when I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 years ago), but hey nothing's perfect.
Thanks again, Gord
What is your default boot? Windows 7 or Windows 10?
In case you are seeing black and white boot selection, it means Windows 7 is managing the boot menu.
Thanks for your reply. It makes sense that there is some remnant of Windows 7 because originally I upgraded from that OS to Windows 10. Funny how the fresh install of Windows 10 did not overwrite whatever those remnants are. Is there a way to?
Thanks, Gord