re: Computer running too slow after system restore Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ricer46 (23818 messages posted) Reformatting and re-installing XP does not restore a computer to its original factory settings, you must install all of the device drivers. Especially critical are the motherboard device drivers. Did you omit that step? On Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm, srm wrote: >I had problems with virus infection, so I reformatted the hard drive and re-installed >the windows xp and office using the original cd/DVD. Now its running slow. The task >manager shows 100% sometimes, 70+most times. Can someone suggest why this is suddenly >happening eventhough everything is back to factory setting. I have norton's security >installed and ran virus scan with nothing found. >Thank you. Written in response to: Computer running too slow after system restore (srm: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm) Responses to this message: re: Computer running too slow after system restore (srm: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:29 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Computer running too slow after system restore (srm: Tue, Mar 9, 2010, 1:15 pm) re: Computer running too slow after system restore (MartinM: Tue, Mar 9, 2010, 2:34 pm) re: Computer running too slow after system restore (Ricer46: Tue, Mar 9, 2010, 3:26 pm) re: Computer running too slow after system restore (srm: Wed, Mar 10, 2010, 7:29 am) re: Computer running too slow after system restore (Ricer46: Wed, Mar 10, 2010, 4:41 pm) On the other hand... (Ricer46: Wed, Mar 10, 2010, 5:05 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum