re: Newbie here, i think i need to reformat my hard drive Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:12 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Big John (105 messages posted) Reformating should be a last straw effort. Try running Defrag under "All Programs-Accesories-System Tools". This should help, Good Luck! BJ On Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:00 am, staying off the sauce wrote: >i'm sure this been up a million times, but... > >my computer is running very slow and for some reason my antivirus (NOD32) won't scan >the operating memory and other files... even in safe mode. > >have read about some diagnostic applications, but in the end, i just my f'ing computer >working again and will reformat it if that's the best solution... > >thanks a million! Written in response to: Newbie here, i think i need to reformat my hard drive (staying off the sauce: Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 1:00 am) There are presently no replies to this message. 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