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Boggin:
Let's try it from the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE).

This is accessed by tapping F8 as you switch on - but this key can differ with computer model.

From the options in the advanced boot options, select Repair your Computer - change/confirm the keyboard using the dropdown and follow the prompts until you get the options starting with Startup Repair.

Select Command Prompt and enter  bcdedit |find "osdevice" and using whichever partition letter, enter (assuming c)  chkdsk c: /f

That is a Pipe symbol before find and I usually explain that this is the upper case of \

This will give its report in the cmd window and won't produce an Event Viewer log, so you will have to make a note of anything it finds.

Type and enter exit to close the cmd window.

Depending upon what the chkdsk reports, you could try the Startup Repair option to see what that reports and this can be run up to three times if it first reports it is unable to repair.

Phillip92:
Ok, still no change. Got the report in safe mode. States "Windows has checked the file system and found no problem".
Also ran Western Digitals LifeGuard Diagnostics and also found no errors.
Couldn't run chkdsk /r as it says need admin authorization and I'm the only user. I have tried ckdsk /f in safe mode and it won't complete, says it's read only.
Currently running Malwarebytes and its in the last stages and it's over 8 hours running at this point.
Not sure what to do next  :/
Also checked the combofix log and it canceled out stating it could not preform a restore point.
I'm willing to lose everything on my cpu at this point, I have anything important backed up on an external drive.
Would a complete restore help??
I have a Gateway SX2802-03 running W7.

Boggin:
If the chkdsk c: /f also reported 0 KBs in bad sectors, then yes, I'd go for the factory reset, but in addition to your personal stuff you have backed up - also create a full system image as a fall back should there be any problems with the factory reset.

The free version of MBAM usually takes about 40mins on my Win 7 and even an ESET Free Online Scanner has only taken about an hour and a half max, so something is holding it up.

You could leave the scan running to satisfy your curiosity, or cancel it and get on with the factory reset which can be time consuming enough on its own.

Phillip92:
Ok here's the newest update.

I cancelled Malwarebytes after 12 hours running. It found nothing at that point.

I ran Tails through a boot up disk as it runs on Linux and not Windows just to see how it responded. It actually functioned ok. I was able to open basic files and close with little to no lag. My WiFi adapter doesn't work with Linux so I didn't have internet access through Tor.

So I'm assuming it's Windows so I downloaded a Windows 7 disk on another PC and ran through a .exe file. It seemed to be working til about 6 hours after it came up with an error stating "Windows could not retrieve information about the disks on this computer" so it cancelled out :(

It's not my hard drive so not sure what steps to take next.

Should I try in Safe Mode? Make a bootable DVD/USB for Windows 7? Try Windows 10 as its a free upgrade now? Or do you have another suggestion to restore that won't time out? 

I can try all these options but taking 12 hours just to get an error sucks! Lol. So wondering what you think would be most affective.

Julian:
hmmm so usually when i fix computers I first clean infection I use adwcleaner https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/ run that a couple of times. Then I run eset online scanner to see if that picks up anything as well and if that does not i'm usually in the go to clean up the computer. now i usually use portable apps and use the wise disk cleaner first then registry cleaner after.  Now after that runs and i've rebooted the system i like to run MSconfig from the run box i like to see what services are running and startup item's as well. and i'll disable the one's that i feel are not necessary to run all the time at startup. now with that set I open diskcleaner the one that's built into windows and i clean everything that wise cleaner missed. after that runs i open the run box again and type in prefetch and it opens the prefetch folder i select everything from that folder and delete it. then i reboot the Computer. After that is all said and done I open windows repair reboot into safe mode. i go to step to and check the environment variable's and apply the new paths on all 7 steps. Then I go to prescan  and hit the repair reparse points i scan then repair selected after. that it's step 3 chkdsk if it finds errors i tell it to check at start up. if not i reboot anyways because of the environment variable's i just changed (easiest way to reboot and stay in safe mode is hit the reboot to safemode button otherwise if you reboot normally it will go back to windows 7 non safe mode) After it's all rebooted I make a registry backup this can be done on step 5 in windows repair. then I open repairs and click the default repair button then run the repairs. let it reboot and go back into safe mode to run the (repair section only) again.

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