Paul Bennett - OGO wrote:
> I've also seen that rebuilding (reformat, then freshly installing
> the operating system and applications) a PC does result in very positive
> comments by the users as to how faster the PC now seems. It seems like about
> every 18-24 months has been my experience of when the "weird" problems seem
> to be of the "weirdness" to warrant a rebuild (I really wish Windows could
> be "refreshed" easier). I suspect that the refresh now includes all the new
> updated drivers, Service Packs, patches, etc. which probably helps. I keep
The speed loss by Win95 before the reinstalling could be due to hard disk &
swap file fragmenting. After defragmenting the swap file (which Defrag disk
doesn't does), the PC seems faster almost always.
Cuauhtemoc Ramirez
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