p.c. is running real slow and freezes

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heidi n.

I have done everything to get my p.c not to run slow or
to freeze up im running win.xp home and i cant get it to
run properly it freezes up on me or it runs real slow i
have defraged and rebooted and sys. resore what should i
do now? i was thinking about reforming hard drive but i
cant seem to make copies of whats on my hard drive befor
i do that. plz help
 
Heidi;
Run an updated virus scan.
Or Scan for Viruses online:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=IRLFIZTYMWPAZTJWUFJ
Run Disk Cleanup checking all boxes except "Compress old files"
Run Defrag.
If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

This may apply if you recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815411
 
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