# Reformat without reformatting

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reformat-without-reformatting/234798
**Category:** random
**Created:** [August 6, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reformat-without-reformatting/234798 "2007-08-06T09:39:42Z")
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### Author: ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reformat-without-reformatting/234798/1 "2007-08-06T09:39:42Z")

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Alright, I’ve had a my computer for almost 3 years now so It’s almost time to get a new one. However until then, I’m still on this one. I have a dell, but I changed the video card and the ram a while back so it’s a pretty nice computer.

My question is, how can I get rid of all this junk on my hard drive I’ve had over the last 3 years without getting rid of everything I need (Flash, Photoshop, DW, etc) I have alot of programs I don’t want to reinstall, but at the same time there is so much clutter from the years it’s starting so slow my comp down. I never created a save point so I can’t system restore, either.

Any ideas?