I installed a faulty program that deleted my windows defender

Anonymous
2024-12-23T02:36:03+00:00

Hello, same as this thread:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-reinstall-windows-security-in-windows-10/ebcfe340-9d23-47ca-b749-bd9e0590c13a

I installed a faulty program which deleted my windows defender.. I ran FRST and will attach it below. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JNDSz-cVonZ-AxJSSRKinzCK6iuT-heN?usp=share_link

Can someone please help me?

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  1. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-24T00:55:52+00:00

    From admin Command Prompt, please run:

    diskpart

    select disk 0

    select part 3

    del part override

    select volume C

    shrink desired=222

    exit

    Open Disk Management and post a screenshot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T01:15:12+00:00

    when running del part override computer restarted, is that ok? it said something about an error. Should I continue with the next steps? or restart from step 1 (diskpart)

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  3. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-24T01:23:25+00:00

    Ok, there is a disk error that causes this. The setup failed during the resize operation for the same reason.

    Maybe we can discard the old recovery partition and create a new one.

    Run:

    diskpart

    select disk 0

    list part

    select volume C

    shrink desired=750

    exit

    Post screenshot of Disk Management.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T01:26:38+00:00

    when running shrink desired=750 computer restarted again. In the restart process window icon appeared on a black screen with a text below "Fixing (C:) Stage 1 after that Stage 2.. After that it said repairing volume C: 100% or something like that

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  5. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-24T03:42:37+00:00

    The disk seems faulty.

    Please run the following command from admin Command Prompt:

    • chkdsk c: /f

    Press Y when you see this prompt:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.

    Cannot lock current drive.

    Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another

    process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be

    checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

    Restart Windows and let chkdsk finish the scan and repairs.

    Once it's complete, open Event Viewer and click the Application log.

    Look for the most recent “Wininit” entry (event source) with the event ID: 1001.

    Copy the entire info and post it here.

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