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To: Drew Williams who wrote (3123)	7/15/2001 1:33:01 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12232

Drew, thanks for the suggestion. Reformatting does sound like a good idea. My computer zings along and it feels very clean. It's like being 18 again - knowing nothing, but moving fast and with a wide-open mind. It's like reincarnation. I have reached the next level on the road to cyberspace Nirvana. I will from now on backup the good things and wipe the slate clean twice a year. Spring cleaning! Rebirth. Mqurice

To: Drew Williams who wrote (3123)	7/15/2001 1:42:35 AM
From: S100	Respond to of 12232

I agree with reinstalling the OS once or twice a year. There are a lot of left overs if programs are installed and later removed. The first versions of windows would load hundreds of fonts, all of which seemed to load at startup and took lots of memory. If you only install a few programs and never remove any, perhaps you would not have to reinstall. At one time there was a problem with DLL files, the newer versions of the MS OS seem to have reduced this problem. Always seems to run faster with less problems after a clean reinstall. Perhaps Mr Winn's computer was just taking care of a problem. I back up all my data files regularly, program files never. This was true of the Unix systems I managed also, since it seemed like I needed to change the partition sizes and/or add a bigger hard disk every few months which required a clean install. Also, I have found that some programs, such as ANY sound blaster programs, cause more problems than they are worth.