Re-Installing Sucks

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 3:22 am

Welp, just finished enough of a reinstall to get some news posted. Gosh I hate doing these, but it's been long over due for me. So the question comes to mind, how often do you reformat your computer? I try to do it atleast once every 6 months, but I've seen customers who have never even thought about doing it on their 5 year old systems. So, what's the gamers average? Speak out!

Anyways, on with the news.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:13 am

lol, good you ask.
iv NEVER formated anything exept my floppys and my MP3 player..
i dont even know how to do it (format C i suppose) let alone know how to instal windows and make everything work.
laugh at me if you like.
/me stands in boxer position

Guest

Well... I upgrade about once a year when they release a new version of OS X.... does that count. Wink

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:00 am

yah that counts... kinda Wink

i usually do it once a year. or when i start having problems, whichever comes first.

but my parents (who dont game) havent formatted their pc in.... 9 years... yah thats about right.

i'm begging them to let me back up their stuff and throw away that harddrive and get them off of windows 95... for christ sakes their STILL using only a 10 gb HD!!! and its always full

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:21 am

lol.. you dont want to know what my grandparent have for pc.. i think it cant even grapichly handle mine sweeper..

Guest

I'm running Windows 98, nothing wrong with it, well nothing more than any other version of Windows!

I reinstall about every 18 months.... it's just so much bother, I have far too many games to install back Razz

/me thinks Cheetah should be educated in the ways of non-gaming computing Cool

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:50 am

/me agrees, who pays?
nothing wrong with WinXP..

Guest

I'd say an average of every 2-3 months. Depends on how much I'm using my rig, how much time I have on my hands to tweak (or break, depending on who you ask).

I think the LONGEST I've ever gone on one install was last year, when I got about 6 months out of a win2k install, cuz I barely turned my computer on all summer. There was a point that I had the installation key memorized for that win2k disc cuz I had installed it so many times.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 11:26 am

I'm getting to the point where I'm about ready to do just that. I usually get anywhere from a year and a half to 2 years.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 12:01 pm

Very rarely. I did to my old computer when I installed win98 in place of win2000 cause I wanted to play games. This computer I got in December so there is definitely no reason to reformat now. I rarely have problems with WinXp thank goodness. It's far more stable than any of the older OS's.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:02 pm

main reason why i never format is couse i then LOSE EVERYTHING.. all my programs, games, downoads, settings, everything.. doesnt that bother you?

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:29 pm

It's called "backups" cheetah Razz

That's how come it doesn't bother me atleast Razz

Man, some of the people around here have systems running on 6gb hdd's that are mostly full, and are running on 5 year old installs.

One of the best systems I've been able to work on in the area was a P3, that had a 10gb hdd, with only about 1.5 gigs used. They use that sucker for email and stocks, and that's about it! That was almost a dream to work on in comparison to some of the states of the other computers.

Ultimate Fanboy Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 508

If you would actually buy your software... it would be quite easy to reinstall.. Wink

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 2:45 pm

Amen.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 3:09 pm

lol..
/me looks around for a window to jump trough