Hello and thank you again.
I followed the steps exactly and got results that were positive match too.
Did a restart thinking the problem was solved, but the computer kept restarting with System Service Exception and the restores didn't work this time. (Previously it would encounter System Service Exception but a system restore would fix it) After about perhaps 10+ automatic restarts with System Service Exception and no end in sight, I restored an old but clean image onto the first disk (there's two in this laptop). I didn't lose any work, just some custom settings and had to do installations of programs that are not in the image.
There appears to be no problems with the computer now, so I'll probably reimage it now.
Just a heads up to anyone who reads this: it's a good idea to backup your data, custom settings, and make regular images of the OS drive.
