First back up all of your important files in a safe storage outside of the hard drive. The first step to starting fresh is to format your hard drive. The windows installation disk offers a pretty good formatting tool but I find the best ones are available as downloads on line from the drive manufacturer's web sit or CNet. Formatting is the process of returning a hard drive back to it's original
. new like stat of all zeros. When given the option, choose the low level format. This can take quite a while but it pretty much assures all information will be obliterated. When the disk is ready go ahead and reinstall your Windows Operating System. Take your time and install only those programs you really want. Less is better! Once you are up and running, go to Microsoft Updates and install everything you need. Again, choose what you want. Your anti virus program should be next in line then go ahead and install your favorite programs. Your computer should run like the day you first brought it home!
