Re: I'm nervous about cleaning and reinstalling my laptop!

Thanks for all that guys. Interesting and helpful. I did in fact change my
512 ram to 2gb short time ago. Gave some improvement but I'm convinced would
have been same with just 1gb so waisted a bit of money. BTW "Crucial" site
for memory seems excellent. ,,,,,,,,,,,,.............,,,,,,,,,,,,,


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Hi. Like many, my Acer 3000 laptop is starting to slow with age
despite regular clean ups. What I would like to do is save all my
current data, progs etc on a storage disk, clean my drive and then
reinstall my ' installation disks ' supplied with my notebook. This
should ? give me a clean computer. Would then just like to reload all
original data to the pc.

If I did it this way would I have to reinstall all my progs or would
they automatically be loaded and ready for use etc. Would my 'slowness
' return as I am merely putting back what I have just taken off ?

Know there is software to help witth this and would appreciate advice.
Also is there a childs guide website that would answer my concerns and
perhaps offer an easy way to clean and reload.

It's not always the OS that's slowing things down. Try a good cleanup
first. Check your HD for errors. Uninstall all programs you don't
really need. Get Ccleaner, it's easy to use and safe:
http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Pay special attention to what this screenshot shows you (startup tab).
Windows often loads lot's of stuff on startup, you don't need, so clear
it out!
http://filehippo.com/screenshot/ccleaner/3491_3/
Run XP in classic mode:
http://www.hexff.com/xp_classic.php
When you have a faster machine, buy Acronis True Image, to image your
HD.
http://www.acronis.com/
b.t.w. also defrag your HD.

Thankyou....................

HTH & GFIA!

I also was experiencing slowness. I added 1gig of extra memory. It runs
like a rabbit (for extra effect just pretend Keith Jackson saying
it(Monday Night Football)). Do you know how to check your current memory
status? You may be running bare minimum. It's worth a try. Re-loading
all your stuff is a pain!
Daniel Cairns

How much does it cost to add 1GB RAM to a laptop? If the laptop is old it
may be better to just buy a new one. If the OS is working and not broken
it is not worth it to format and reinstall ; it could be a big waste of
time.

Agreed, in generel adding Ram is a good choice. However, I bet it isn't
even possible for the OP to add 1 GB in this old machine.


















































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