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My laptop has been acting up lately... and is over run by bits and pieces of all sorts of programs that have come and gone.
Is it worth the trouble to wipe the hard drive and start over again? Or are there any better alternatives?
By the way, XP SP2.
Yes. Nothing like a good reformat to liven things up.
I've had good luck with registry cleaners back in my 95/98 days... and MS has a regclean utility that helps too... I've used it a few times on this 2k PC.
Between those and various spyware removal tools, this desktop system is still running fine... It's been upgraded from Win3.11 to 95 to 98 to 2k and had various hardware upgrades done too... Boots fast... excellent uptime (weeks between reboots and only then to install MS updates)...
Knock on wood of course... it is a Micro$oft OS after all...
If you do decide to wipe/restore, use your laptop restore CD or go download all the latest drivers for that laptop (network, video, system board chipset, etc...) and burn 'em to CD BEFORE you wipe the system. BTDT on a laptop and didn't get the T-Shirt.
RJ
I've gathered all my discs, saved any vitals, and will be reformatting here in a second...
Bye 3Bean. It's been nice knowing ya! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
I'll probably be doing this ::BigWhack later...
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
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It may be less painful to just run over your portable over with the BUR!
That's if I haven't sold the BUR by the end of the day...Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
J/K... although it has crossed my mind today. I might be able to pick up a nice PowerBook.