I have an older computer which is a dual-boot, running Windows XP and Fedora Core 5. I have found Windows on that computer to be getting slower and slower and it takes next to forever to boot up. FC5 doesn't have any speed problems and runs just fine.
I tried running Homeworld 2 on the system and it was so laggy that I got echoes from the in-game voices. This game worked fine a couple of months ago with no lag whatsoever. Normally I would just reinstall Windows but I don't want to go through the hassle of backing up all my data. Is there any way I can speed Windows up other than defragging, which doesn't seem to do any good?
I tried running Homeworld 2 on the system and it was so laggy that I got echoes from the in-game voices. This game worked fine a couple of months ago with no lag whatsoever. Normally I would just reinstall Windows but I don't want to go through the hassle of backing up all my data. Is there any way I can speed Windows up other than defragging, which doesn't seem to do any good?