Guest gaby Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 my computer is really slow and i only have the basic programs; i even bought more RAM and now have 1.25 gb, but its still slow. i want to totally uninstall the operating system with all the programs, documents and everything and reinstall, as if it were a new computer. i have all the cd's, but how do i do this? -- thank you (:
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: uninstalling and reinstalling operating system "gaby" <gaby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0065FB21-D19B-4233-ABCE-633228CA7D88@microsoft.com... > my computer is really slow and i only have the basic programs; i even > bought > more RAM and now have 1.25 gb, but its still slow. > i want to totally uninstall the operating system with all the programs, > documents and everything and reinstall, as if it were a new computer. > i have all the cd's, but how do i do this? > -- > thank you (: Back up all your data to a different medium, then check out this site: Clean Install Windows XP http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Guest Winda Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: uninstalling and reinstalling operating system Back up your data. 1.25 GB RAM is a lot, Before going as far as a re-build have you tried a thorough cleaning of your system. Download CCleaner for filehippo, and jv16powertools 2007, which you will have 30 days of full functionality. Use CCleaner to clean out temp files, and jv16 to clean and compact the registry, then see how performance is after that, and defrag your disk. Look at all your startup programs in msconfig, uncheck the ones you don't need. Look at your services running (Control Panel|Administative Tools|Services), and set the services you do not need to manual (or disable if you never use them). Take a look in task manager to see what is running (especially when a boot up completes), this will show you what services are running and resources being consummed. If you continue with the re-install, again it can never be said or done enough times, back up your data, ensure you have all (up to date) drivers, do a complete re-format of your disk. - Winda "gaby" <gaby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0065FB21-D19B-4233-ABCE-633228CA7D88@microsoft.com... | my computer is really slow and i only have the basic programs; i even bought | more RAM and now have 1.25 gb, but its still slow. | i want to totally uninstall the operating system with all the programs, | documents and everything and reinstall, as if it were a new computer. | i have all the cd's, but how do i do this? | -- | thank you (:
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