In this case "better" = change. Change which resulted from cleaning.

As for the PC formatting ... what can I say. I don't do it. I hate PCs. Combine with the fact that vintage Macs are somewhat finicky to begin with, I just won't bother. Others have had success with this though and have some good methods. If you don't want to wait for them to post here, try searching the forum, as solutions to this and the steps and software required have been posted in over a dozen threads.