reformatting a pc. is it suppossed to run slower.

[doc thunder]

hello i reformatted my dell 4600 a few months back. is it suppossed to run slower. it looks like it is running a little slower than before. when open pages on the web and folders on my hard drive.

[Kinetix]

It should be faster

have you checked for adware, spyware?

[doc thunder]

if i call the dell computer computer. could they send someone to my home and put my computer fresh like it left the factory.

[Astartus]

Try to run a defragmentation programm.... Perhaps this might speed up your PC.

[doc thunder]

i did system defrag still nothing.

[inkblaster]

Did you upgrade your windows version or anything?

For example, I have a clunky old dell, which I installed windows 2000 on, and it worked ok, but after like 2 years with the same install, it started not doing things, like running new driver executables, and installing new printers.

So I figure, hey, I've gotta reformat, may as well put XP on, so I do, and something with XP didn't jive with the old clunker, because it could not multitask. I could play mp3s, surf the net, and play COH before, now I can't even open a browser without my mp3s skipping, f'd up. And XP in general annoys me.

So I re-reformatted, putting a fresh install of 2000 back on, and it's all hunky dorey now.

If you didn't update versions, do you have the latest service packs?

[suburbanhell]

hello i reformatted my dell 4600 a few months back. is it suppossed to run slower. it looks like it is running a little slower than before. when open pages on the web and folders on my hard drive.

Should be faster. Check for spyware, run a virus scan...oh and do a defrag, since it has been a few months...


Edit: I really need to look at the entire thread before answering / repeating everyone else's answers... :grr:

[Kinetix]

Call Dell (if it's free)

[Stalking Shadow]

What file format did you put the reformatted drive in? NTFS?

[suburbanhell]

Doubt anyone uses FAT anymore, NTFS has been the norm for a while...

[Stalking Shadow]

Sure, but you might as well ask the simple questions to rule them out as a possibility.

[suburbanhell]

True, true, I would say it's highly unlikely, Win2k and XP have been out for what....3-5 years now?

[doc thunder]

i think i will just call dell. thankyou everyone.