inspiron 6400 severe lag

IIIAcHmEdIII

my laptop i have about 1 year and its lagging like hell when i start it up it takes about 10 mins to open any program it has a few viruses in system files :mad::mad::mad: i want to reinstal windows but dont want to have to download all my drivers again that run my graphics cars and things .i got 27gbs left out of 74gbs of my memory plz someone help

Alanstrainor

Are you running Vista or XP? Can you backup your files? As reinstalling the OS will format the drive.

IIIAcHmEdIII

im running xp and dont care about my files i just dont want to redownload all the drivers from the dell website

hannah29

You could just download the graphics driver and put it on a usb key and just reinstall windows.

Or you could spend a few days thoroughly cleaning out your computer.

I'd reinstall tbh

IIIAcHmEdIII

yeh but some guy nover the phone helped me do it last time and i dont remeber how he done it done it ina way that like formated the hdd and lost all programs but kept the ones that came with it

Ghost Train

well if you just want a fresh install and aren't worried about data you could do a factory restore http://www.ehow.com/how_2184092_perform-dell-system-restore.html should only take a few minutes

thats assuming you didn't wipe the restore partition since you got the laptop

charlesD

Like Ghost Train said, you likely have a recovery partition on the machine, so this would be a good place to start.

In either case, I would recommend reinstalling windows if you think you have been infected. For most this is often the easiest and most practical way of ensuring your computer is free from malware.

In regards to finding the drivers, if you don't have a recovery partition, just goto Dell's website, download the drivers onto a USB, and you will be good to go. It seriously only takes a few minutes to reinstall drivers and this usually just involves running a setup file.

IIIAcHmEdIII

theres the problem i dont know what drivers i have and thats a comfirmation on the viruses 4 trojans in system files

charlesD

IIIAcHmEdIII wrote: »

theres the problem i dont know what drivers i have and thats a comfirmation on the viruses 4 trojans in system files

Just goto the Dell support site and put in your system information. I think they even have an auto-detect option.

Once you have the right system selected, all the relevant drivers will be listed by category(video, sound, ect.)

Going to the manufacturers website should almost always be the first choice, especially for laptops. This way you do not risk getting a virus and can see all of your drivers in one place.

Ghost Train

IIIAcHmEdIII wrote: »

theres the problem i dont know what drivers i have and thats a comfirmation on the viruses 4 trojans in system files

factory restore will mean you don't have to do anything with drivers, it restores them all. And wipes the current windows installation

IIIAcHmEdIII

i found a file wi8th loads of what looks like hammers and screw drivers with e behind them and there names start with r then loads of numbers i think its all the drivers i need