Going back to Windows XP 32 bit to see something

[pcslookout]

Is it even worth it you think ? I always backup all my data it just takes a little while to get everything back to the way I like it. The only problem will be my 8 GB of ram but if I stay it, only if it fixes the firefox issue of course which I doubt it will, then I will use the rest of the 4 to 5 GB as a ram drive so it doesn't go to waste. Yeah I am crazy lol.

I can't believe I am even considering then but then again I love to do fresh OS installs no matter what OS it is not sure why. It is like a addiction. I easily do it 100 times per a year maybe more lol. Main reason I am doing it is to see if firefox 3.5 has a memory leak like it does in Vista and Windows 7. I know I could just try the 32 bit versions of 7 and Vista but I could always do both.

Try Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 32 bit then Vista and 7 64 bit. Comparing the results. It is mainly a thing I am curious about because I am so desperate to figure out a way to fix the firefox memory leak problem after using it for more than 1 day or so heavily.

 

[phreaqe]

Originally posted by: pcslookout
Is it even worth it you think ? I always backup all my data it just takes a little while to get everything back to the way I like it. The only problem will be my 8 GB of ram but if I stay it, only if it fixes the firefox issue of course which I doubt it will, then I will use the rest of the 4 to 5 GB as a ram drive so it doesn't go to waste. Yeah I am crazy lol.

I can't believe I am even considering then but then again I love to do fresh OS installs no matter what OS it is not sure why. It is like a addiction. I easily do it 100 times per a year maybe more lol. Main reason I am doing it is to see if firefox 3.5 has a memory leak like it does in Vista and Windows 7. I know I could just try the 32 bit versions of 7 and Vista but I could always do both.

Try Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 32 bit then Vista and 7 64 bit. Comparing the results. It is mainly a thing I am curious about because I am so desperate to figure out a way to fix the firefox memory leak problem after using it for more than 1 day or so heavily.

man. my computer lasted almost 2 years inbetween installs. the only reason i formatted was to install win 7. i cannot imagine installed 100 times per year. i would rather actually use my computer.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: phreaqe

Originally posted by: pcslookout
Is it even worth it you think ? I always backup all my data it just takes a little while to get everything back to the way I like it. The only problem will be my 8 GB of ram but if I stay it, only if it fixes the firefox issue of course which I doubt it will, then I will use the rest of the 4 to 5 GB as a ram drive so it doesn't go to waste. Yeah I am crazy lol.

I can't believe I am even considering then but then again I love to do fresh OS installs no matter what OS it is not sure why. It is like a addiction. I easily do it 100 times per a year maybe more lol. Main reason I am doing it is to see if firefox 3.5 has a memory leak like it does in Vista and Windows 7. I know I could just try the 32 bit versions of 7 and Vista but I could always do both.

Try Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 32 bit then Vista and 7 64 bit. Comparing the results. It is mainly a thing I am curious about because I am so desperate to figure out a way to fix the firefox memory leak problem after using it for more than 1 day or so heavily.

man. my computer lasted almost 2 years inbetween installs. the only reason i formatted was to install win 7. i cannot imagine installed 100 times per year. i would rather actually use my computer.

Well I use my pc too just like to do tests and benchmarks. Guess sometimes I am to determined to fix some problems.

 

[California Roll]

It is not worth it imo.

 

[jdjbuffalo]

It is like a addiction. I easily do it 100 times per a year maybe more lol.

If you are reinstalling your OS 100 times a year that means every 3-4 days you are reinstalling. How can I put this gently... You are insane! This is definitely an addiction level of obsession.

Do you use an image to reinstall? If not, this is even worse. That is so much wasted time and for what?

Well I use my pc too just like to do tests and benchmarks. Guess sometimes I am to determined to fix some problems.

If you are testing things out then do it in a VM. With 8GB of RAM you have more than enough to run a few VMs at once. You can look at either VMWare Server, Virtual Box or Microsoft's Virtual PC.

You shouldn't need to reinstall more than a few times per year. Even under heavy use (assuming you take care of your PC and do proper maintenance). I am a heavy user but it's been over a year since my last install and everything is running very smooth on my machine.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: jdjbuffalo

It is like a addiction. I easily do it 100 times per a year maybe more lol.

If you are reinstalling your OS 100 times a year that means every 3-4 days you are reinstalling. How can I put this gently... You are insane! This is definitely an addiction level of obsession.

Do you use an image to reinstall? If not, this is even worse. That is so much wasted time and for what?

Well I use my pc too just like to do tests and benchmarks. Guess sometimes I am to determined to fix some problems.

If you are testing things out then do it in a VM. With 8GB of RAM you have more than enough to run a few VMs at once. You can look at either VMWare Server, Virtual Box or Microsoft's Virtual PC.

You shouldn't need to reinstall more than a few times per year. Even under heavy use (assuming you take care of your PC and do proper maintenance). I am a heavy user but it's been over a year since my last install and everything is running very smooth on my machine.

Yeah I may have overestimated a little bit lol. Just feels like that much.


Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I guess I could always use a VM and reinstall as much as I want on that instead if I really like doing it so much!

 

[Chiefcrowe]

i'd Definitely use a VM!

i use my VMs to test all kinds of stuff and leave my regular machine the way it is. much easier!!!

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Chiefcrowe
i'd Definitely use a VM!

i use my VMs to test all kinds of stuff and leave my regular machine the way it is. much easier!!!

Thanks

 

[RebateMonger]

Win7 Professional's XP Mode appears very handy. No need to deal with installing XP or licensing. And it supports USB devices as well, which is unique for MS virtualization products.

 

[pcslookout]

I know it may sound stupid but I was willing to go back to a older OS, as long as it still has updates, to get a extra speed boost. It may sound stupid but to me it wasn't. The thing that really sucks is I can't use Windows XP, some of my sound settings don't work correctly with my current onboard sound card and I can't use Windows 7 because my projector screen always smaller than it should be with the latest nvidia drivers. Older nvidia drivers fix this issue in Windows 7 but I don't want to be left behind in video card driver updates. The only thing is a stupid little program that requires flash to run refuses to fully work for some strange reason in Windows 7. Really sucks. So even if I did use the previous nvidia video card drivers to to fix my projector issue I would still have the problem of my program not wanting to work fully. Sucks The only OS that doesn't have either of these two programs is Vista 64 bit. Now I don't mind Vista 64 bit but kinda wanted to go to Windows 7 64 bit and now can't. It really sucks. Main advantages I see in Windows 7 is reordering my taskbar icons at the bottom how I like them, sticky notes look a lot cooler on 7, faster startup, sleep, and shutdown. It is not a huge deal but still.

I doubt either issue will ever be fixed.

 

[Crusty]

I don't understand how you think using an old version = speed boost. What about all the optimizations that have been made since then for all the new hardware features that have come about? The logic just doesn't make sense.

 

[Fox5]

If you have to reinstall a lot, you'd be better keeping documents on a separate partition and keeping a backup image of the OS partition, which you can restore whenever you need to. But honestly, especially with Vista and 7, you shouldn't need to do format/reinstalls.