extremely slow startup using windows XP

[Peter]

Can anyone please help.

To cut a long story short, I was required to re-install
XP due to loading and subsequently unloading utilities
that I no longer wanted. This has obviously left some
redundant files but I wouldn't know which and where they
are.

As a result of re-installing XP, my PC is as slow as....
does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make the PC
return back to normal startup speed and performance.

Peter.

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello Peter

Did you perform a clean install of XP or just did a repair installation


Peter wrote:

> Can anyone please help.
>
> To cut a long story short, I was required to re-install
> XP due to loading and subsequently unloading utilities
> that I no longer wanted. This has obviously left some
> redundant files but I wouldn't know which and where they
> are.
>
> As a result of re-installing XP, my PC is as slow as....
> does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make the PC
> return back to normal startup speed and performance.
>
> Peter.

[Jim Macklin]

My guess is some of the utilities you deleted were required
drivers.


"Alvin A Brown" > wrote in message
...
| Hello Peter
|
| Did you perform a clean install of XP or just did a repair
installation
|
|
| Peter wrote:
|
| > Can anyone please help.
| >
| > To cut a long story short, I was required to re-install
| > XP due to loading and subsequently unloading utilities
| > that I no longer wanted. This has obviously left some
| > redundant files but I wouldn't know which and where they
| > are.
| >
| > As a result of re-installing XP, my PC is as slow as....
| > does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make the
PC
| > return back to normal startup speed and performance.
| >
| > Peter.
|

[David Shorthouse]

Peter,

Could be that there are a lot of useless items in the
C:\Windows\Prefetch folder than can all be safely wiped out.

Dave

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone please help.
>
> To cut a long story short, I was required to re-install
> XP due to loading and subsequently unloading utilities
> that I no longer wanted. This has obviously left some
> redundant files but I wouldn't know which and where they
> are.
>
> As a result of re-installing XP, my PC is as slow as....
> does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make the PC
> return back to normal startup speed and performance.
>
> Peter.