S L O W C O M P U T E R... what can I do

Question

Hi. Recently my computer has been rediculously slow, and internet explorer constantly gets stuck. I have to wait about 30 before I can even open a folder, and it takes a good 5 min for the thing to boot up. Also, my hardrive seems to go crazy every time I do the littlest thing. I left it on for a couple of hours to download something, and the fan didnt shut off once, and it was practically on fire.   Ive run about 6 different spyware scans, Ive deleted a whole bunch of stuff from my hardrive, Ive defragmented, Ive cleaned up the disk, Ive adjusted performance settings... What should I do?   I have a Lattitude c640, 1.8 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM..... if it helps.... and nothing quite like this has happened when it wasnt spyware related.   Thanks

Ed C · Answer

Save all your files, format the drive, reinstall the OS and your programs.

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