martinlest

The instructions seem to show that you do exactly that? I've made the image now, at any rate. Thanks (both) for the advice.. over the...

Ah, I see. My memory is that I did do that with Macrium, but it was many years ago, I may well have forgotten... I'll have a go...

Well, I didn't know that, although the 'Windows 7' epithet caused me a raised eyebrow (or two!). What does that mean exactly, in...

Not 100% confident about what I have read browsing the internet, so may I ask here (my go-to site for many years for Windows...

Yes, I have been doing that - after a while the manually-added exclusions will cover everything I need, so that I won't have the slight...

Hmmm... JFYI.. BitDefender has spent its first few hours active on my PC by 'disinfecting' it of my precious and perfectly harmless vbs...

Exactly the same here!

I'll go with the free version for now (not a fan of annual subscription purchases). I shouldn't tempt fate by saying so, but the last...

Yes, a shame. As I said, I let 'Everything' search for any remnants and Revo to clear the registry: about as 'clean' as I am going to...

(y).. Yes, BitDefender and Malwarebytes look good. I have the setup.exe for the former, but haven't installed it yet. Seems so (as per...

Yes, I did use the advanced option. It seems that the blank Windows Security screen is a very common problem - I have spent an hour...

Some advance: having found and deleted many Avira registry entries in safe mode (as above), I was able to reinstall te Avira Security -...

Thank you, but I'm afraid that is all a bit 'above my pay grade'. I managed to delete remaining Avira registry entries by using...

Yes, I should have used Revo - I do have it. Too late now of course. I am not going to reimage the PC or take drastic measures. I have...

.. if I ever get it working again :unsure:. I have tried a repair, then a reset and reinstalled via 'Terminal' (Powershell); then run...