Rootkit after total reformat from hidden drive, contaminated recovery

[JSntgRvr]

Boot the computer with the bootable Windows media. Select repair my computer and obtain a Command Prompt in the Recovery Options. At the prompt type the following: Do not include the information I am including between parenthesis:

1. Diskpart
2. List Disk
3. Select Disk 0 (That is Disk zero)
4. select part 1  (EFI is always partition one.)
5. delete part override  (Wiped clean.)
6. create part EFI  size=100 
7. format fs=fat32 quick label=EFI
8. assign letter=Y
9. exit
10. bcdboot C:\windows /s Y: /f UEFI

If an error is experienced, stop. See if you can provide me with a screenshot.

[regardingjoy]

Y is my usb drive, it will work after this correct? I tried to boot from the disk it says an upgrade is taking place. Should I wait for this to finish?

[regardingjoy]

[JSntgRvr]

That may be an issue as the letter is being use. Try this

1. Diskpart
2. List Disk
3. Select Disk 0 (That is Disk zero)
4. select part 1  (EFI is always partition one.)
5. assign letter=M
6. exit
7. bcdboot C:\windows /s M: /f UEFI

If an error is experienced, stop. See if you can provide me with a screenshot.

[regardingjoy]

[JSntgRvr]

Lets check the volume

 

1. Diskpart
2. List Disk
3. Select Disk 0 (That is Disk zero)
4. List vol
5. Exit

Let me see the list of volumes

[regardingjoy]

[regardingjoy]

Looks like something hid the drives again?

[regardingjoy]

I have no problem formatting the whole thing yet again if it’s needed

[regardingjoy]

Also the drives aren’t the right size, where is the 100gb?

[regardingjoy]

I could boot to the other boot disk and see what the drives are listed as? Or is that not needed?

[JSntgRvr]

Lets reinstall, but first erase the drive. Use what you have to install

1. Diskpart
2. List Disk
3. Select Disk 0 (That is Disk zero)
4. Clean
5. Convert GPT
6. Exit

Restart and boot with the Windows Media and install

Let me know the outcome.

[regardingjoy]

Just so you can see the sizes of these drives before I install windows, thank you! Rebooting to install now.

[regardingjoy]

The mouse is still disabled booting to the Windows disk this time

[regardingjoy]

Should we have cleaned drive 1 again? In the past anytime all partitions were deleted the mouse started working at the windows install, is why I ask. Installing now

[JSntgRvr]

No. The drive being used to install Windows is Disk 0. That is the only disk we have already cleaned. Nothing else needs to be done. Let Windows deal with the formatting and partitions.

[regardingjoy]

• Thank you for being patient with me as well. Understood.

[regardingjoy]

Installed and windows is updating 

[regardingjoy]

[regardingjoy]

It was updating it restarted and about ten+ updates were pending. Then the error upon restart, and now it has been trying to find updates for some time now. 

[regardingjoy]

There were multiple updates that still needed to happen. 

[regardingjoy]

Restarted and now they are visible but the download now button is greyed out and I cannot click to start them

[regardingjoy]

Selected two driver updates but I selected two and only one shows as selected, clicking download and update does nothing. Now windows update changed to this second photo. (I am on another device sending these)

[regardingjoy]

just for fun

FRST.txt Addition.txt

[JSntgRvr]

Is it restarting well without the help of a bootable usb drive? Is your mouse working?