"Laurie Forbes" wrote in message
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One advantage I see in a new build is that the machine seems to boot and
run lot faster (for a while) until the bloat and constipation set in (for
some reason I don't fully understand).
Laurie Forbes

Try defragmenting C: occasionally. My 7 machine slowed down after an update
to SP1, I assume because the new O/S files were larger and scattered
themselves across free space. A defrag reduced the boot time from 2:20 to
1:04.

jsw