System Restore from TM with Windows on Bootcamp

I have a question about using TM to do a system restore. I have a MBP Mid 2010 running OS X 10.9 with 8GB RAM. I have a 500GB HD with 260GB free space. Boot camp partition is 35GB with 17GB free. I have Windows XP installed on a Boot Camp Partition. I use Windows to run one program for work about once a week so I must keep it. I have current TM backups. I have never done a system restore on this system.
In the past week my system has slowed down to a crawl. Activity monitor shows I am using 7.99 GB of RAM. After boot it is using 5GB but within minutes it is at the 8GB. I cannot seem to find the culprit that is slowing my system down. So I am wondering if doing a System Restore will fix the problem.
Questions...
Will a system restore from TM fix the issue or will it restore the problem?
Can I restore just the Mac partition w/o affecting the Boot Camp partition? (I no longer have the Windows CD
If I restore from TM can I choose to not restore certain Apps that I no longer use or should I just drag those to the trash?
If restore is an option, should I erase the MAC partition before doing the restore? Will this leave the boot camp partition in tact?
Should I erase the entire HD, Restore from TM, Make a Boot Camp partiton, purchase a new Windows CD and install?
Any help and direction you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Dale

Wow, I just went to check exactly when my last back-up was and go ahead with a new one, and I see that in the drop down TM menu it has grayed out "Time Machine Not Configured," which I guess is no surprise since my whole machine was messed up and I had to do the A&I Monday night (not saving user settings). Not sure what this means, but when it comes time to do the disk erase/system restore, I will need to have some communication there. Hmmm. No problem with my MBP accessing the external. Not sure if this constitutes a new problem...

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