Robert in CA wrote:
your talking about using #3 and then afterwards it would
be wiped clean, correct?

Then if I put the original HD back in would it then work correctly
and would I then be able to create a clone using #3?

I tried Malwarebytes again and this time it came up and I
started a scan.

Robert

You can finish the scan if you want.

I'm not proposing making any changes to the 1TB drive.
It's still Genuine. It's still your reference file set.

I'm hoping that your clone (whether it's the Not Genuine
one or not), does not have any super-valuable files
on it at the moment. By restoring, using the 26GB partition
(called D: in the examples), you can "pcrestore" and
and the program will restore C: back to factory.

With C: restored to factory, you can see whether it freezes
or not.

Paul