dell 1520

[cbtech]

I have a dell 1520 laptop. Its 2yrs old with vista in it. My question is how long do you go befor you wipe it all off the hard drive and reinstall the op system. It getting slower. But working ok. Sometimes it freezes up. Thanks for the help

 

[mep916]

There really isn't any set amount of time. Some people reload on a regular basis, while others wait until it's necessary. After two years, you may see a positive performance increase if you reinstall, depending on how much crap you have on your system.

 

[patrickv]

Agreed with Mep, depends on what you have on your PC.
A general cleanup/Defragging might help you a little bit but not as much as a reformat cause like you said, it's 2 years