User blog:Bandicootfan63/I need true help. . .

I attempted to perform a factory restore and Windows was missing files. I believe it was because (out of sheer paranoia) when I had set it to do this the first time, it assumed the "Restarting..." screen and attempted to download/install 1 of 1 updates.

In my spastic panic I held the power button down for 5 seconds believing a file McAfee had recently quarantined to be the cause. (I'd never downloaded an update before restoring.)

Now I have no fucking clue what to do. I have Windows 8.1, is there a way to, say, manually update to restore these "missing files" (assuming they were legitimate)?

Everything else seems to be functioning properly and the quarantine file was permanently deleted as soon as I got my bearings.

Thank you guys for all of your help so far.