BTW before you begin wiping yer HD (if you would.) The last OS I ever used on a PC wav WIN95. So I don't know if all my tricks still work. I mostly reïnstalled PC's people bought from company's and needed a wipe real bad (most of the time they didn't even had the drivers or any disks with it, so that's why my technique is this complex, there must be a better and easier way. if there isn't It's just unbelievable.

i did it with my 486 from time to time, once a year or so and the difference in performance was really noticable.