| Yeah, use a partitioning utility to wipe everything, then do a clean install.
Throw away that HP rescue disk.. There's bunch of crap on there.
Once you have a freshly installed, configured, tweaked and ready-to-go installation, then use Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to create a full backup image of your c: drive, and you'll never have to worry again.
Just put all of your personal files to a seperate partition. Don't leave anything on the C: drive (don't forget that what's on your desktop is on the C:). That way, if your system starts acting like crap, you just have to restore your backup and continue working 10 minutes later. |