How can i speed up my MBP?

So out of no where my MBP (C02JX33TDTY4) suddenly started running really slowly with the the beach ball appearing at the most simple of tasks. I have repaired the HD, and that is pretty much clueless about what to do. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Look at these trouble shooting documents:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
http://www.thesafemac.com/mpg/
Ciao.

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Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:33:15 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: How can I speed up PDF generation?
    Re: How can I speed up PDF generation?
    created by Error7103 in FrameMaker General Discussion - View the full discussion
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