ok so here was my solution. a buddy told me about DBan (google it) and it erased my hard drive on bootup. on my other computer, i downloaded and burned install discs for Ubuntu 11.04 64bit and Zorin OS 5 Core (i tried both but settled on Zorin) because A) im cheap. dont want to buy new software LOL and B) Linux is free.
i am still able to use this os for almost all the things i used stupid Windows 7 for.
WAY better than windows, and now i feel spoiled because both OSX and Zorin are WAY better than windows. screw microsoft.