Ah fresh computer...I just formatted

[jm0ut]

It is so sweet when the computer is fresh. Everything loads exactly when I click. I usually format every 6 months but this time it has been a year...so it is extra sweet. And Texas beat K State so today is most excellent.

 

[Darien]

Hehehe. yeah, before college I formatted every 2 months or so.

Now...it's something like twice a year...if I'm lucky.

 

[Thegonagle]

I'm not a nerd like that anymore. I haven't reformatted since I first installed Windows 2000, probably over two years ago. Then I got XP. I thought about reformatting, but then I decided to see what happened if I just put the disc in and let it do the upgrade-install. Call me lazy, but it worked, and it's still working, so I'm just letting it go. It would be such a PITA to download everything again and re-install it all.

Well, I probably just lost everyone's respect who reads this, but what are you gonna do?

 

[HappyPuppy]

I've been running Win98SE since last Oct. No problems.

 

[tgillitzr]

I usually reinstall every 3-4 months, but haven't since april (which only happened because an IBM HD crashed). I've been thinking I should maybe format here pretty soon, but the thought of reinstalling everything scares me.

 

[jlee]

I tried a fresh install of Win98 on an 8.4Gb HD in our family system ($15 upgrade from 2x 2gb, 1x 1gb)..Win98 won't install..gets to 100% 'preparing', then freezes...tried ghosting the HD and installing Win2k, and it can't find NLTR (or whatever it is...can't remember) on boot...bah.

So, looks like I won't have a fresh install on this system for a while

 

[pac1085]

I reformatted alot when I used windows. Now that I use Linux, all I have to do is wipe my home directory and everything is fresh again

 

[tm37]

Still running XP from about 9 months ago when I got it.

NO Problems.

 

[Azraele]

Last few times I've formatted, I've noticed a lot of slowdown and general buginess. What's the deal?

 

[roncarter]

I love that feeling of a fresh computer. I actualy enjoy reinstalling everything.. its kinda fun!

 

[LANMAN]

Originally posted by: tm37
Still running XP from about 9 months ago when I got it.

NO Problems.

Ditto.

--LANMAN

 

[ElFenix]

been running since january without a clean install... i forgot my mail password so theres some inertia to it.

 

[olouie]

Originally posted by: Garfang
I'm not a nerd like that anymore. I haven't reformatted since I first installed Windows 2000, probably over two years ago. Then I got XP. I thought about reformatting, but then I decided to see what happened if I just put the disc in and let it do the upgrade-install. Call me lazy, but it worked, and it's still working, so I'm just letting it go. It would be such a PITA to download everything again and re-install it all.

Well, I probably just lost everyone's respect who reads this, but what are you gonna do?

same here