refrersh xp without a reinstall?

[jim]

Is there a way to truly refresh XP and have it run like it did right after
it was installed.......but.without reinstalling it?

Thanks in advance for replies.....

 

[philo]

Is there a way to truly refresh XP and have it run like it did right after
it was installed.......but.without reinstalling it?

Thanks in advance for replies.....

If you keep doing your normal system maintenance your machine will
basically stay running as it was originally.

Certain basics of course are a full virus and malware scan.
Disk cleanup and defrag.


Also: Some software has a series of questions that are asked upon
installation and all too often people just keep clicking "yes" and end
up installing a lot of un-needed applications that can bog down your
system. You should uninstall applications you do not use or as a
minimum...run msconfig and take un-needed applications out of startup.

 

[JJ]

Is there a way to truly refresh XP and have it run like it did right after
it was installed.......but.without reinstalling it?

Thanks in advance for replies.....

Um... No.

The only way you can "refresh" an OS if you don't have the XP CD, is to
restore the disk using a disk backup of a freshly installed XP. If you have
one.

 

[Stef]

Is there a way to truly refresh XP and have it run like it did right after
it was installed.......but.without reinstalling it?

The short answer? No.

Once you start personalizing, adding to and using the system, all other
things remaining equal, performance will slowly decrease. It's the
nature of the beast. The more apps you install, the more updates
installed, both system and apps; the more devices you attach, the
more drivers installed, the more malware that invades and has to be
remove, etc., system resources take a hit. However, you can improve
performance the most by removing unneeded background processes,
stop the preloading of applications, and most of all adding more RAM. To
improve the hard drive performance, clear off unneeded files that are
just taking up space, slowing access, and defrag as needed.

Also, a Repair Install will fix damaged or missing systems files without
removing applications or personal data, and may improve performance a
little. Would depend on how damaged the system is.

Stef

 

[jim]

Thanks to all that responded..... jim


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[Greegor]

Also, a Repair Install will fix damaged or missing systems files without removing applications or personal data, and may improve performance a little. Would depend on how damaged the system is.

If you try to do a "repair install" from
a restore CD that is only SP2, where the
system is well beyond SP3, the repair install
can actually damage the system badly by
putting OLD files in place of newer ones.
(Sadly, SP2 restore CD's are VERY common!)

If your original restore CD is a very
late version with SP3 and more, then
a "repair install" might actually
be a step forward.

But millions of people have restore CD's
that only go up to SP2, so "repair install"
is an utter disaster for them.