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Ive got a second hand intel m5 tablet with windows 10 pro preinstalled and i ask myself if i may consider the risk of it having any kind of malware-spyware carefully and manually preinstalled. I dont know the people that may have owned it before. It is supposedly a new reinstall, ive only found an added antivirus and a system check log, the rest is supposedly a blank windows 10 pro new install.
I see two options that i turn into two questions.
Is there a way to ensure 100% that the device is clean without the need of format and install everything myself from scratch. Like update windows defender to the latest then make a scan. Maybe some additional software like Malware Bytes Anti Malware, Hitman, Ccleaner, Superantyspyware, and whtever.
Or if not possible to ensure that 100% that way. Is there a way to make a cold full copy of the ssd inside so if i format and find any issue i could go always back and reinstate all what it was in there from Os to drivers, every bit in the ssd.
Because I dont have a disk for the os, although i got the license that should work for a reinstall, also i got no disc for the drivers, it is a Dell so i may have to download as many drivers as i find listed for this device in their web then expect them to be enough to make all the fancy devices on it work, like nfc, sim card, sd card, blutooth, wifi, digital pen, keyboard dock with battery and trackpad, front and rear camera, device speakers, touch screen, and i may be forgetting some,... This stuff is overbloated with all the fancies you would find in a mobile phone but in a pc mobile system, so who knows the gazillion drivers this may have in it thay may need you to reinstall. Unless you tell me all of that is usually put toghether in a single file by model or something like that.
So what would you do in my shoes.
I see two options that i turn into two questions.
Is there a way to ensure 100% that the device is clean without the need of format and install everything myself from scratch. Like update windows defender to the latest then make a scan. Maybe some additional software like Malware Bytes Anti Malware, Hitman, Ccleaner, Superantyspyware, and whtever.
Or if not possible to ensure that 100% that way. Is there a way to make a cold full copy of the ssd inside so if i format and find any issue i could go always back and reinstate all what it was in there from Os to drivers, every bit in the ssd.
Because I dont have a disk for the os, although i got the license that should work for a reinstall, also i got no disc for the drivers, it is a Dell so i may have to download as many drivers as i find listed for this device in their web then expect them to be enough to make all the fancy devices on it work, like nfc, sim card, sd card, blutooth, wifi, digital pen, keyboard dock with battery and trackpad, front and rear camera, device speakers, touch screen, and i may be forgetting some,... This stuff is overbloated with all the fancies you would find in a mobile phone but in a pc mobile system, so who knows the gazillion drivers this may have in it thay may need you to reinstall. Unless you tell me all of that is usually put toghether in a single file by model or something like that.
So what would you do in my shoes.
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on both.