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11-14-2004, 03:42 PM
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Reformatting Intervals
hey all, i just wanted to share something i do and get your opinoin on it. usually what i do is reformat once every 2-3 months (mostly 3 months). i find that by this time i have problems with an overflow of programs and stuff like that. by reformatting in this interval my computer just seems to run smoothly. sort of like a spring cleaning. i was just wondering how often you guys reformat or if you really just do it out of necessity.
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11-14-2004, 03:58 PM
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I defrag a lot but I never format unless it's a new drive. Format doesn't really do that much for you as after a format and fresh install, you still have to defrag.
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11-14-2004, 05:48 PM
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i've been running Xp Home for about 2 years with no problems. Key is to keep up on all the basic maintenance (run anti virus, spyware, defrag, empty needless files like temp., Etc, etc.....
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11-14-2004, 06:44 PM
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right, there is no real benifit to formatting and reinstalling everything, except a lot of wasted time for nothing,
if you was to do standard matainance to your system and watch what you install, and are carefull of what web-sights you go to, and don't open any e-mail that is from someone you never heard of, you will have no problems. you did not say which O/S you were useing. w2k and xp are the two most stable systems MS has made yet. Last edited by bailey; 11-14-2004 at 06:48 PM. |
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11-14-2004, 06:57 PM
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I have not reformated this PC yet, but i plan to in a month or two, and it will have been about a year. That said, it doesn't really need it at all, i would just like to "start over". I defrag whenever my PC is idle (screensaver mode with Diskeeper).
mike p.s. i have XP home |
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11-14-2004, 07:02 PM
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Historically, I've reformatted this system about every 3 years - to do an OS upgrade. This load of Win2K is about 3 years old and it's not gonna be reformatted till I upgrade to whatever - and it won't be XPee. If you take care of your system, you will never have to reformat it.
My laptop is a different story because I abuse the heck out of it - and I don't reformat, I restore an image. |
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11-14-2004, 07:31 PM
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be sure to remember to do all the updates and service packs you may need,
and then you may have to call microsoft for a activation code too, maybe not but don't be surprised if you do, and I would still recommend that you do not do that, because you can always do a restore point to a earler date which would be the same thing. |
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11-14-2004, 08:07 PM
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yeah, it is a waste of time now that i think about it (took me maybe 2 hours to get it all right now). i thought i had screwed up some installing avg 7.0 over 6.0 and so on. from now on i'm just going to do maintenance. after installing all the new updates on windows, i noticed that everest doesn't say i have service pack 2 even though i dled all the new security updates. i guess i'm not going to worry about it since everything is going well.
thanks for all the input! |
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11-14-2004, 08:53 PM
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avg7 removes ver 6 when it installs, so there is no problem there at all.
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