After that use Disk cleanup. (rightclick on your C drive -> properties and then Desk cleanup)
Defrag the C drive.
then type in "msconfig" as a RUN command and go to the startup tap. in there you can deactivate useless startup applications.
you could also just re-install windows XP.
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ohh. btw: How old is the system and what programs do you use.
also do you use the computer for gaming?