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| Thread ID: 26807 | 2002-11-05 21:17:00 | Survey - How often do u format your PC ? | mashimaro (2168) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 96359 | 2002-11-05 23:49:00 | Never, at least not since Win98SE was clean installed 3?? years ago or whenever. Cant see the point if regular housekeeping is done to clear out detrius, defunct dlls, registry entries etc. I will admit to copying a backup once when there was a bug that I couldnt find the answer to. I try out 2 or 3 shareware progs. a week on average for a day or 2 then uninstall, move stuff around every now and then with PM, so there is the potential for rubbish to accumulate. You just have to keep on top of it :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 96360 | 2002-11-06 00:24:00 | Only twice in 3 years - once because dial up networking wasn't working and the second time because my brother totaled my data on the HDD :_| | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 96361 | 2002-11-06 00:31:00 | I only format it when I want to recompile my system using Linux from Scratch :-P | segfault (655) | ||
| 96362 | 2002-11-06 00:43:00 | When I first got my laptop, I played around with HEAPS of stuff. So I ended up formatting it about 10 times within the first month coz it was a real test machine at the time. The record was 3 times in one day when running Win98SE after having it about 3 months, I kept locking myself out. I'd managed to get it to allow only user on a select list at boot. Cant remember how I'd done it, but I'd like to (Hint Hint... Anybody wanna help out?) I have had my own PC for about 4 months now and it runs MINT! Family PC usualy gets done about once every 4 months, but I havent been keeping it in shape (Removing that darn spyware, there was 131 instances about 2 weeks ago, after having not checked it for 25 days!!!). So that needs doing again. At the moment, on all the PC's, I'll be doing a format about once a week to once a fortnight, coz I've been sorta trying to play with linux, but with the network not working in RedHat 8.0, I usually go back to doze after the weekend. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 96363 | 2002-11-06 01:00:00 | When I had Windows 98 or Me about every 3 months.... Windows 2000 or XP it should be okay for a year. Debian GNU/Linux .. not required even between different OS versions ;) Mac OS 10.2 .. Shouldn't need continual reinstalls/formatting either |
gibler (49) | ||
| 96364 | 2002-11-06 01:10:00 | I have formated and installed my desktop 6 times in one day .(Just the OS not all software.) i Format and reinstall when ever i get bored.i get bored with XP and put 98se on, then get bored with windows and install Redhat 8. i format Anything from 1day - 3months or then i get bored. |
BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 96365 | 2002-11-06 01:27:00 | Once or twice a year | NathanTheKind (472) | ||
| 96366 | 2002-11-06 01:40:00 | Only when I replace a hdd since I moved to win2k and XP and then only if I think the machine is getting slow, In the days of win 9x at leat 3 or 4 times a year. | Jimbo (441) | ||
| 96367 | 2002-11-06 06:15:00 | I've just done the 98se box because I got my own computer and don't need all my crap on the family PC. My XP box I've done once in the past two months, mainly because I screwed around playing with all the new things. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 96368 | 2002-11-06 06:49:00 | Only when something disasterous happens..... You guys who do it for fun or out of boredom are freekin nuts! There must be more to life than that! BALDY:-) |
Baldy (26) | ||
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