re: I think I need to reformat my hard drive Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 5:11 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Howard Hoyt (4 messages posted) Yep, format is the LAST option. Another possibility is a virus. Experienced users can normally look at their active task list. Possibly your best approach to eliminate this possibility is to download sysclean from trendmicro.com (along with the latest pattern file). In safe mode, run sysclean and it will automatically clean out most infections. Another approach to the same problem is to procure HIJACKTHIS (free) and post the results to one of the forums that do analysis on the processes running on your PC. Another approach would be to click on START/RUN and enter MSCONFIG. Change normal load to DIAGNOSTIC and restart your system with the minimal set of processes. If you see a black and white difference in performance you then need to selectively add programs until you locate the culprit. This latter approach has the advantage of identifying a particular program that may be hogging resources. Good luck, Howard Hoyt On Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:40 am, Mac wrote: >XP INFO >href="http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1126542499">XP CLEANUP >Run through the XP Cleanup routine on the second link above, and if you decide to >re-install look through the items on the XP Info link. > Mac > >TIME IS DIVISIBLE BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH >('NEW' RELATIVITY) Written in response to: I think I need to reformat my hard drive (Cam: Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:40 am) Responses to this message: re: I think I need to reformat my hard drive (Cam: Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 5:52 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Newbie here, i think i need to reformat my hard drive (staying off the sauce: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 1:00 am) re: Newbie here, i think i need to reformat my hard drive (Big John: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 1:12 am) I think I need to reformat my hard drive (Cam: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 1:40 am) re: I think I need to reformat my hard drive (Howard Hoyt: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 5:11 am) re: I think I need to reformat my hard drive (Cam: Thu, Oct 27, 2005, 5:52 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum