Hello, Please bear with me, I know nothing about computers and could really use some help. I have run out of memory on my computer and wanted to basically delete everything that is on it (I wanted to bring it back to the condition it was in when I got it). My computer is a Dell XPS T450 (I don't know if that tells you anything). The computer was a gift from my brother and he says that I shouldn't have run out of memory. I know that there is a bunch of stuff on this computer that I don't need. I got it about 4 years ago. Anyway, I went to BestBuy and the man suggested Norton System Works 2003. Do you think this is a good choice? Thanks in advance for any help. Andrea:o)

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There should be some "restore" disks that came with your computer. Using these will essentially restore your comp back to what it was like when brand new. If you don't have them, hmmm I don't know... I'd like to suggest that you get in touch with dell, and ask them if you can get a set of restore disks for your comp, but I am not sure that they will do that. Other than that, yeah I would look at a program like that. I haven't used one, but I know they exist, it's surely a common thing for someone to want to do what you want to do. So, I am sure that someone manufactures a product that will do it. I am sure someone will come along and give you better advice, but if you have the restore disks I would definitely go that route. **just a thought. I'm not sure what your operating system is... but if you can get into the control panel... click start,settings, control panel....then on add/remove programs...you can select programs to uninstall. after you have removed almost everything, run scandisk, and then defragmenter. in the programs, accessories folder in the start menu... Good luck, Matt.

Are you running out of "memory" or "hard drive space"? Memory is where active programs are run. If you have too many programs running, you will get a message like "system resources low" or "insufficient memory." Your hard drive is where data is stored until you open it up into memory. I would guess that this is what you are talking about. Installing Norton would take more hard drive space. Go into Control Panel and open add/remove programs. You will get a list of programs. Select one you do not need and click uninstall. You can do this one at a time. After four years, you might want to consider backing up your data and reformatting your hard drive (only if you have the recovery disks). You can search this forum for "formatting" for lots of good advice.

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If this computer is four years old or older, you should avoid any kind of newer software, because it just wasn't meant to run on a system like yours. I suspect that that is the issue. You have too much stuff, and it has filled your harddrive and consumed your system resources. I would suggest a couple of things. First, if possible, buy a new computer. To get one better than yours shouldn't cost too much. If not that, maybe invest in a larger harddrive so that you could put more programs... and also look around for cheap parts on Ebay to upgrade some of the hardware on your system. Finally, reformat your harddrive and reinstall your operating sytem. Do a search on google or something for instructions on how to do this. It depends on what OS you want to install, etc etc. Good Luck.

Hello Again, Thank you for all of your replies. I really appreciate and you all gave me some really good options to check out. Thanks again and Happy Holidays! Andrea:o)