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Win XP computer runs slow, frequently freezes

#16 hamluis

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 04:24 PM

I did not want to say it before...but I saw that install date and thought pretty much the same thing.

I wqould find it rather phonomenal that nothing has occurred previously...which mandated a clean install.

The fact that you have had programs ("optimizers") installed which may have damaged/deleted key files...would be reason enough for me to do a clean install, if the system began to malperform.

You may have had other programs installed (at some time) which passed themselves off as beneficial, when, in truth, they were detrimental to your system.

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This post has been edited by hamluis: 15 February 2012 - 04:25 PM

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#17 FrozenTundra

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 11:39 AM

OK, I can understand that a fresh install might be the solution. Question is how do I do that? As mentioned previously, XP came pre-installed and I was only provided with a recovery disk.

I will prepare by doing a fresh backup of all data and I have disks for most of the key programs.

Thanks!

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 03:17 PM

If your recovery mechanism installed by the system manufacturer...is all you have...that's the procedure intended by manufacturer to be employed.

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 03:18 PM

Have you tried removing Norton yet to see if that is the cause?

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