freestyle_web Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 3-4 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPero Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Once a week, testing XPize or new nLite releases :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashguy Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 When I get a error on windows then I will be re-format on it!!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpCoder Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Every 3 months or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exien Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Windows: Every Few months Linux: Never Mac: It's been about a year since I've got my powerbook, might want to format soon because of a few problems I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zirus Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 When I get a error on windows then I will be re-format on it!!! :laugh: 585530434[/snapback] me too, or when its just running slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes, about 3-4 months. Back everything up on 2nd HDD, and format boot HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 pretty much never. I use image files, so if I really need to I replace just that partition. But format the whole disk, never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryonhowley Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 XP Box - Only when I upgrade hardware Linux Box - almost never OSX - 3-4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted February 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2005 Every 6 months for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1011111 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Every 2-6 Months :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LispyGlitter2 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I like that "new computer" feeling so I reformat every two months-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-scorpio- Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 never done it yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameOverRob Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 about 2 or 3 times a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertigosity Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 you're missing a poll option: "Wait... you mean you can KEEP installs?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LispyGlitter2 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 you're missing a poll option: "Wait... you mean you can KEEP installs?!" 585534263[/snapback] LOL I agree. I'm always moving stuff around and decideing just to wipe the drive clean and start over again. There was a week I had 7 different OSes on the drive. That was a good week lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted February 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 25, 2005 Whenever I really have to. I don't fiddle with my computer as much as I used to, so things rarely need any fixing. In most cases, new hardware is the reason (i.e new motherboard, or new main hard disks etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean B. Veteran Posted February 26, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2005 I've never had to re-format, but when the time comes I will :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crock Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I use to format every week or two when I ran Win '98/Win ME. Since I got my XP machine, probably about 10 times, lol. The last time was Dec. 26.. but that was just a format, I bought a new HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Whenever it needs it, and that can mean anything between a few months or a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffra Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 used to do it quite often, whenever system was slow etc. But nowadays, its only if i cant fix the system, no time to reformat/reimage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at0mican Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 ~6 to 10 months. Or whenever a new service pack for windows comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey992 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I'd say once every 3 to 4 months. Sometimes longer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symal Taneous Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 used to format every week, then I started every 2nd week, not I format about once a month, just to clear out all the crap left over from installing/uninstalling, downloading, burning, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Haven't formatted my Mac since I've got it (March 4, 2004), so that's over a year now. And it still runs flawless! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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