formatting system with no optical drive

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im thinking of wiping my drives and doing a fresh install but as the title says, I have no optical drive. how would I do the wipe without one?

I have a usb stick with which I could use to install windows fresh again but I don't have my windows 8 on the stick. would I have to buy a copy and put it on that or would it be possible to get a download with my rig still under warranty?

one last thing to point out, all my games are digital (derp) and I use uplay , steam and origin. all my saves and such are stored online right?
 
Sounds like the games are hosted (or at least available for re-downloading) from the various sites. I'm not sure if there are local based saves in the appdata folder.

As for the formatting you can find lots of info from google about creating a installation disk using your usb stick (not too sure if i'm allowed to post links) you should be able to do this from within your OEM windows build.
 
you should be able to do this from within your OEM windows build.

I don't want to do that if it is possible, I think I have a virus on my pc but nothing shows up on scans. when I got the rig it was lightning fast to boot up. it is still fast but there has been a conciderable drop in boot time. my main concern with your suggestion is that the virus may be transferred to the usb install.
 
I think i'm right in thinking that with Windows 8 you are able to get a fresh OEM from Tinterweb through the refresh options? I used to work for a very large notebook manufacturer and always stressed the importance of creating recovery media when the computer is first switched on Exactly for this purpose! lol
 
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