sicburns Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Just wonna know :p, Ive formatted mine in total more then 35 i think. Windows XP Windows 2000 Xandros Windows 2003 Server Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows XP And so on. I keep switching for a dumb reason :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Locust Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I've formatted 100 or so times. I used to format at least once a week. I guess back before I had school and a job I actually enjoyed setting everything back up. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Between Windows 95 up to the present Windows XP, approximately 40-50 times. It was every other month back when I had Windows 98, but now with XP probably 1-2 times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Current HD once. Overall about 20 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 My storage drives (160+gb) only get formatted once: to ext3. My OS drives have probably formatted over 100 times each, easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macstorm Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Never XP is my first Windows OS :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 31, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2005 Umm twice. You crazy HD Formatters :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I have probably formatted mine about 20 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 192 times to linux 1.6 and 20 times to winxp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 Current machine, 0. Last pc, 10-20 over 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmaster84 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 First computer 15 second 2 newest once soon to be done agian as sson as a get an Ipod to but my music on it and other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Stu Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 4 times for Linux and about 6 times for WinXP and when i got my first computer it was around 20/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryx013 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Entire drive or just partitions? I don't think I have ever formatted an entire drive that I use, only for other people. Usually, I'll just format the partition that I'm going to overwrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudworth Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Haven't yet. Will probably have to soon though, lots of programs not uninstalling properly and leaving crap behind, along with avg not healing anything it finds recently...:angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthalzen Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Over 100 times ever since I have computers. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Design Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I only had Windows XP install on this Hard Drive. I've format a lot cuz your computer gets slower over time. Vista won't have that. And also sometimes i mess it up by deleting the boot.ini file or mess with shell packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukemc86 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I formatted my computer just about every day for a few weeks last year. I was having a problem with my Dell modem and every time that I contacted Dell support they made me format my harddrive and reinstall windows. The Dell service technician ended up putting 2 of the exact same modems in my computer and it didnt fix the problem. Finally, after calling and speaking to a Dell tech support person while the Dell service technician was at I house I found out that all the modems of the make and model were defective. Oh well. If you have a Dell and find yourself having problems withy our pc you should expect to format alot. It is the first reccomendation from Dell alot (I found this out through my modem and CD drive troubles, both problems ended up being hardware issues). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 New Hardrive, once or twice. Maybe upto ten times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 somewhere between 15 and 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2005 Less than 10. Not on the poll. :ermm: No need to format or re-ghost so many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerm Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Probably just less than 10 in about 4/5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 About 15 times in the last 8/9 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Only when windows won't boot. Normally every three months or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krmathis Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Once, in 18 months! :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglePC Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 70 + in a quauter of year (3months) cannot make up my mind what appz to use :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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