I'm having problems with a computer at one of my work places - as there's no IT support I'm left to deal with it myself.

The problem is that the machine (Windows 95) has suddenly started running really slowly.

My first instinct was to uninstall all the unnecessary software and then defrag it.

When I ran defrag I was told that there were disk errors and that I needed to run scandisk first. I've run scandisk in 'thorough' mode several times both under Windows and in DOS and each time it comes up with there being no errors.

I run defrag again, and guess what, I'm told to run scandisk to correct the errors.

My next instinct is to reformat the whole thing and start again - the machine's only used for internet access and simple office tasks so data backup isn't an issue.

Is this the right thing to do?

I don't want to spend half a day on this if it's a waste of time. I remember reading somewhere that you should run scandisk before reformating or reinstalling software.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Ed