Re: laptop is very slow
- From: ubername <ubername@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:06:02 -0700
"ANONYMOUS" wrote:
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:25:22 +0100, ANONYMOUS
<ANONYMOUS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From time to time you need to do a clean install of the operating system
Not at all true! With a modicum of care, it should never be necessary
to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version). I've run Windows 3.0,
3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and
Windows Vista, each for the period of time before the next version
came out, and each on at least two machines (more recently three
machines) here. I never reinstalled any of them, and I have never had
anything more than an occasional minor problem.
You are a seasoned computer user while the majority of people asking
questions here aren't.
In any case, What is your solution to this current problem? Don't tell
us to to delete all tmp files and internet cache because this has never
worked on 99% of the cases posted here. I had the same argument with
you few months ago and we agreed to disagree on this!. do a search on
this if you want to.
Instead of messing around with the system and wasting days for a proper
solution, a clean install is the fastest way to resolve the problems.
Are you telling us that you have used W3.1 and all subsequent versions
on your current system? are you sure about it?
Hi Anonymous and Ken
I thank you both for taking the time to help me. Please don't let this
ignite a previous dispute. It is great that you both contribute to boards and
give people the chance to see different opinions.
That said, I feel as though I am going to have to follow the re-install
route. Ken's 9 points for careful maintenance have been followed, certainly
with regard to the presence of firewall (Sygate), AV (AVG) and anti-spyware
(Spybot S&D and Winpatrol) from the first possible moment. As far as the
execution of dodgy programs, be they from email links or wherever, I doubt
the user of this computer would do it at all, a: because I have explained
what the risk are and b: because they use this computer for their work and
don't have time / inclination to (Also it is scanned regularly by the
aforementioned products). I take Ken's point about the lesser requirement for
defrag with the NTFS file system, but still thought it worth mentioning that
I had done so. It struck me as likely that if I didn't mention it someone
would say 'Have you defragged your drive?'
So bearing in mind I will continue to follow Ken's advice which I will
follow when I re-install, can I ask the following:
Do I have to format the existing partition and therefore lose all the user
settings and non-windows programs (AVG, SPybot, Firewall) (I think I already
know that I will)
During the re installation can I partition the drive such that I can
allocate some space to user files and settings so that if / when I have to do
this again I don't need to worry so much about the user stuff and just
freshen up the OS?
TIA everyone who might care to answer.
.
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