nazgul Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Generally every 6-8 months... not because I goofed, just to keep it lean 'n mean ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Every 2-6 Months :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 every 2 or 3 months, sometimes faster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDuke Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Every few weeks I do it to clean up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 Consider I've formatted 14 times in the past week including once already since I got home from work this evening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 Consider I've formatted 14 times in the past week including once already since I got home from work this evening... :omg: I take it you dont keep making the same mistake :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 remember kids, the frequency of reformats is not equivilent to your penis size OR your understanding of computers... in fact, the more you reformat, the dumber you are ( I dare say ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 d00d j0o 1nsult teh m0d!!!111 lol ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 I'm having hardware problems (I think) and I've been trying all possible software, OS and BIOS permutations to rule out any type f software problem. Seems some piece of hardware is messed so I've just stuck on XP and am gonna wait it out until March when the socker 939 A64s are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Usually once every month. I formatted 4 times during the weekend that just passed by (3 times on Saturday, 1 time on Sunday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I'm waiting for 939A64s also... :yes: right now running a 1.33ghz tbird w/ 1.5GB PC133... :p need new stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuxi Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I reformat every few weeks, or every 2 months :woot: There's nothing like a fresh, clean harddrive... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 i chose whenever it needs it. i used to format every month because i woudl screw around so much.. tweaking it.. but as DSN said.. don't install crapware and keep it clean. that's what i've been doing.. and i make back ups of "my documents" every 6 months.. recently... i just backed up 5GB :hmmm: to 8 CD's.. thats too much.. i need to buy a Raid card and add 2 more HD's to the 3 i already have. 3thousand posts :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsnBehind Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 i just backed up 5GB :hmmm: to 8 CD's Holy ****! :o My backup CD is only up to 529 megs. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 that's because you're smart and backing up data... and he's backing up every useless thing... that is... unless we have a WAREZ M0NKEY on the loose!!! :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsnBehind Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 that is... unless we have a WAREZ M0NKEY on the loose!!! :ninja: You can backup warez onto a single CD and still have space. Not that I would know, of course... :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 ummm no.. MY DOCUMENTS.. that's where i keep every picture i ever took with the camera or made in photoshop.. and i pretty much have every picture posted in the post your funniest pics.. on top of that i have my school work since freshman year in high school and about 15 albums i've bought and downloaded. and other misc things like saved game files. the auto show pictures alone is 90MB (180 pics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vice Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 reformat :/ hmmm. well...guess i need to do that sometime...next year...ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankchn Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 installs a lot of junk, so probably 3 to 4 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderWorLD Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 used to do once a week on my heavy downloading days. Now i just do about one a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 one every 6 or so months as needed, like when my hard drive gets filled up with so much crap i don't feel like going and deleteing it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogan Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I formated it last week actually.. It was going slow before :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D,Ranged Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I reformat whenever i feel that it needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverUnknown Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 whenever it needs it because i hate reinstalling everything. takes a long time to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital vibe Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I hardly ever reformat. I sometime do a non-destructive recovery but thats about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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