My computer is horribly slow and i was suggested to wipe my computer. I need to know how to do this and i need to know how to back up files and programs. I have Windows XP Home.

I have a h p and the vista 64 bit recovery partition is already preinstalled. Whenever i restore my computer, it already has all the video drivers preinstalled. Now, If i wanted to format the partition and reinstall with a clean fresh install of windows xp.. Will i still have to reinstall all the video drivers, mouse drivers and everything again? If so, Where are some links that i can use to start downloading drivers

I need to repair my Windows XP software on my system and I've been researching it and it says I need to set my system up to boot Windows XP from the disk. The only thing is I don't know how to set my system up to automatically boot from the CD-ROM. Is there someplace I can go to change this option? Any help would be appreciated.

I have windows xp professional service pack 2 and I want to know If I can do a clean install of the os with out having to format my hard drive?
yes but if I install the new os without uninstalling the otherr one I willhave 2 partitions which I dont want.

How do I clean my registry files to make my computer faster– i have a windows xp
Like where its locate or what do I do..