Yeah - it's good and free. I get no points for recommending it. I hate scanning once only to find that the scanner can't remove a bug. That means another hour sitting in Safe Mode and maybe that won't do it. A boot CD makes it easy - one scan and all gone.
I subscribe to Windows Secrets. Their test isn't available on the web page - only via newsletter. It should show up when the next newsletter goes out. I'm trying to get the word out the best I can, but trust is hard to come by these days.
He didn't mention, but I'm sure that he's using Seatools to clone the old drive to new - to save his data. If that is the case, he's got the same problems now as he may have had before. I've seen bugs that can