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sounds like he goofed the update. tell him to show you how to make a backup of all your files. then tell him to show you how to re-install the OS.
find a friend who owns a computer with full rights on it (same OS) and a spare hookup for another hard drive. take you hard drive to his computer and while the power is off and you and he are protected from static electricity, plug your hard drive into his computer. power back on, boot up, access your hard drive, update what is needed for what you want, shutdown, and remove your drive. take it home and put it back in your computer.
need more ideas? google for "evil maid attack" and learn to be an evil maid.
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May-13-2024, 09:17 PM
(This post was last modified: May-13-2024, 09:17 PM by Gribouillis.)
If the computer can boot on a USB stick, you could boot a live Linux stick and access the hard drive from the live OS. You could replace nf.exe by an innocuous program with the same name.
Otherwise just wait until you are old enough to buy your own PC independently from your dad.
Personally, I let my children access whatever they want with their computers and I don't regret it. They grew up as responsible adults.
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(May-14-2024, 08:29 PM)Centsicles Wrote: i mean where would i even find a hard drive?
Sorry I meant the internal drive of your computer, presumably a solid state drive (SSD).
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