How often do you reformat your computer?
 

How often do you reformat your computer?

Mostly people do it every 6 months or so. However, I have also seen people who do it once every two months. I have reformatted my computer around two times now...once because my windows had an "error" and wouldn't agree to load and other time was because I felt it needed to be reformatted ;)

So my basic range would be around 7 months or below. Nothing above that. If you do reformat your computer...how do you backup your stuff? Do you write it on a Cd? Transfer it to your other computer...take some of it on a USB drive? What do you do?

Please post your thoughts :D

Thank you. :)

I am like most people because I only do it about every 6 to 8 months becasue it takes a long time and I just dont feel like doing it all of the time.

Like I said in my other post, I don't "hate" doing it, infact I like it, so with that said, if I notice a small problem, like intense ad-ware, a small virus, or something that is just simply annoying, i'll tend to rollback my comp to about 2-3 weeks, if it doesn't fix the problem I simply format, and I enjoy having a fresh comp.

I format my hard disk about every 4 months but scince i got a "legal" version of xp i dont do it as much as you only get 50 activations.

Once my computer starts to show signs of aging. Right now my boot time is ~10-20 seconds so I'm more than happy with that :) And applications open without waiting.

I would reccomend reformating, for the average user, twice a year or at least once.

my comp won't let me

How come? It's not really possible. You just insert the CD and follow the steps mentioned. If you still aren't able to reformat your PC...you should contact support. :shock:

Maybe awsjr was trying the urban ledgend of going into command prompt and typing "format c"

Wonky system Recovery
 

I am using a Sony W series any anyone with a Sony knows it comes with a funky system recovery disk. I can reinstall the OS and change partition sizes but it is a pain. A lot of beeping and stupid redundant questions that make me think it doesn’t want me to bother it…

I have a drive for windows and apps, and keep all my data on my other drives. I re-format once every 9 months or so (essentially, whenever I upgrade my motherboard.)

Windows runs fine even after 9 months, just usually complains when I upgrade so its easier to just re-install.