lardiop Veteran Posted January 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2004 'bout every 6 months here, unless a major service pack comes out, or I screw it up... umm "tweaking" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 uhm way too much .. hehe thank god i have an image of windowsxp pro.. just slap the image on the harddisk and we are ready to screw up another clean install of win xp :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplecookie Veteran Posted January 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2004 I voted Reformat? Ha! not because i don't know what it is, but because I don't do it. Why would you need to if nothing is seriously wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Allen Veteran Posted January 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 24, 2004 I have only formatted once when I got a nice happy virus that messed everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsnBehind Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Don't install crap unneeded applications and keep everything clean = no need to reformat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 whenever i need to because i cant be bothered to backup files all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I'm too curious to keep everything right, so i voted "Whenever It needs it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 2-6 months prob.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 I dont reformat unless its entirely necessary, e.g - ****** up computer :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0sh Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 i dont unless it needs it, but if it's been a while, about every 3-4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diffused Mind Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Every month. But, like some others, I use a Norton Ghost image of Windows XP Pro thats pretty damn Up To Date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 I've had this installation of XP since July, with very little problems. I'll probably reformat when Service Pack 2 comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted January 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2004 Whenever I need to. Say virus, weird bug that cant be fixed, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted January 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2004 just did it last month, first time since early 2002 time for a new sys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeWolf324 Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 used to be every few weeks with windows..but with linux...its whenever it needs it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 every few months for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-penguin Veteran Posted January 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2004 every few months here.... or when ever this thing goes belly up in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 i havent with this machine. ive had it a year and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisArr Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Only if I absolutely need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Arbiter Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 For me it always seems to be about 6-8 months, only installing what I need etc.. But usually if the pc needs it, I will reformat asap, so it really depends. Though it always seems to be stupid "OS decay" from over use :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seethru Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Usually every 6 months, unless I do some major upgrade, like a new processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Eighty Eighth Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 whenever there's a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lieb39 Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I try for every 2-4 months, but since I don't image my XP installs it usally every 6 months or when there's a major problem.. or just general 'slow-ness'... my laptop on the other hand.. haha... like every month.. damn thing -lieb39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemania Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 rarely, I only format when there is a serious problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I reformat my Windows XP Partition about every few weeks. That's because I do unattended XP Installation testing. Some program ****ed up my main installation so I used my unattended XP CD to restore it. All information (productID, name, region, etc put in automatically and my favourite programs automatically installed!) Cleaner than a ghost image as everything is set the way I want it on a very clean installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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