reinstalling windows xp

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I am running windows xp home edition that came with my Sony computer. Lately
the computer is very sluggish and somewhat erratic. I would like to
reinstall the operating system. However, Sony's recovery disk insist upon
erasing and reinstalling the entire C drive. (sony did not provide a
seperate disk for windows). I do not want to erase all programs just want to
reinstall windows. I have an upgrade disk that was issued with another
computer. My question is can I use this disk on Sony. I understand disk are
only good for one computer. Sony is no help. the whole problem seemed to
started when I allowed windows to comress the c drive to free up space. i
tried to restore, but previous restore points seem to have disappeared once
compression took place. suggestions?
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