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Reinstalled Windows, League already installed???

Shriekbat·12/28/2016, 9:03:47 AM·1 votes·1,199 views

Ok all you computer nerds or Riot employees. My Windows 7 was giving me problems so I decided to go whole ham and reinstall it. I used a bootable USB and did a clean install. I then had to clean install it a second time because I messed crap up.

After all that and getting my drivers installed I come to find that League is already installed on my computer. UH?? WHAT? I have not installed anything except drivers at this point. I have not been to the webpage to download it and my wife didn't touch the computer. To make matters weirder my control panel does not think the game is installed, the files are just all there on the C drive.

I will be deleting all the files to get a clean install anyway, but what the freak could possibly have happened? This doesn't make any sense at all. I have been trying to update to Windows 10 since before the computer messed up. That is the only thing that even has a particle of possibility to it.

5 Comments

Shriekbat12/28/2016, 9:10:24 AM1 votes

Turns out it wasn't the only folder either...the folder that stores all of my 3D modeling objects and files also is on the computer already. I definitely would have remembered copying that over. It's rather large.

Wolfess12/28/2016, 9:13:21 AM1 votes

if i recall correctly, the software that assists you in reinstalling windows 7, 8, and 10 only affects the actual windows files and not your own personal files, which means essentially it is NOT formatting your hard drive, which is what I believe you were thinking of.

Formatting the hard drive is what deletes everything on it and sets it to be ready to use for the computer.

this is my best guess.

Dynikus12/28/2016, 9:42:18 AM1 votes

Did you format the hard drive, or just do a fresh windows install? When you install a new OS, all of your files get transferred to a windows.old folder.

Galacius12/28/2016, 12:49:34 PM1 votes

If you want to clean install and it's a factory built... you should've gotten a factory OS CD. You put the CD in and reboot. Your PC will boot and SHOULD ask you if you want to boot from CD push any key. Push a key and it SHOULD load and send you to a system restore like menu. Install the OS and custom install it. You want to delete ALL partitions except for your Recovery and put your OS on your main drive. That will clear anything and everything while keeping your recovery alive just in case. Let it run and you should have a "blank" computer ready for hours of updates.

Shriekbat12/28/2016, 4:17:15 PM1 votes

As far I know, I formatted the hard drive both times that I did the install. It warned me both times that all the stuff was going to be deleted. @Wolfess This is a first heard for me, and interesting, but why would the Riot folder count as a personal file, but all the other games I had on it didn't?