Help me, I'm sick! I format twice a day!

[gorcorps]

There is simply no reason to reformat until something is wrong. None at all. It's a little odd that you're doing this to keep your PC efficient, when this process itself is incredibly INEFFICIENT.

Are you aware of how much you're harming your HDDs by doing full read/writes so often? Your HDD would last a lot longer if you didn't do this, which is one of the more common things to fail in a PC anyway... and generally is one of the few times a person needs to use an image. By not doing what you're doing, you'll delay a common hardware failure.

 

[Modelworks]

Spend some time learning the mechanics of windows like the registry, the boot process and so on. Not using these tweak type programs is one of the best things you can do. If you understand how the underlying systems work you will not be so quick to think that something is wrong with them.

Windows internals series is my favorite guide for how windows works. The 5th edition is currently out with the 6th edition in 2 months. If you ever wanted to know why windows works the way it does, or what all those odd settings in the registry actually do this is the book.
http://www.amazon.com/Windows®-Inte...5301/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329754434&sr=8-2

 

[jlee]

Wow... you need to seek help.

This.

 

[Mxylplyx]

You think windows would have such a large install base if any little glitch fvcked it all up? Windows has come a long way since the windows 95/98 days. You can successfully remove drivers by simply using the included uninstall program. You can update drivers by simply installing the new ones over the old one. Just let windows do it's job, so you can do your job. If you enjoy tinkering just for the sake of doing it, that is one thing. But if one little program crash leaves you in a tortured state thinking something must be wrong, you have a problem. I write software for a living, and often times a glitch means I screwed up, not the user or the environment. You likely have a classic case of OCD, to the point that therapy might be worth considering if you cant get this under control by yourself.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Just keep doing it until you burn out on it. Eventually you'll allow a couple of days to go by without a format. When the world doesn't end you'll let it slip a little farther. In fact, I'd format more often right now. After all, every time you make some incremental change you're mixing the bits up. Gotta start fresh to avoid that.

 

[GlacierFreeze]

I've got the perfect solution. Ultimate Boot CD or another like it. It's a bootable OS on a CD. Never have to worry about files, uninstalling, or registry stuff and no more reformats/reimages. You'll be a more l33t, hardcore computer user then.

 

[Siddhartha]

I am a perfectionist. I love everything to be perfect, and I am obsessed about having the best.

So I visit MajorGeeks 20 times a day checking for new software versions. and if I find that CCleaner or any other program has had a small incremental update by 0.1 in the version number. I format my notebook (well not really, I restore an image I took using Acronis True Image to the point before I installed ANY software) then I reinstall everything including that new program. I don't want to touch my registry, i want it perfect and clean, yet I don't want to use any registry cleaning program as they break things most of the time without us knowing.

My curse started when I purchased a license of Acronis True Image, and now since I can easily go back to the perfect image of Windows I have created with all my folders (docs,pics, vids) set up correctly and windows is up to date. Any small glitch and I restore my Acronis Image back and start again!

Kaspersky have deactivated my Kaspersky Internet Security key as it has been activated 15 times in a few days so they thought it was being used illegally when it was really me activating it on the same computer.

Help me someone....help me get over with this Format Disease Syndrome Type-A and help me to now want everything to be perfect. I feel im going cukoo and i'm only 27 years old :whiste:

Get a job and or a girlfriend...

 

[AFurryReptile]

I haven't formatted my Windows 7 install in two years. It has persisted through hard drive failures, degradation, system restores, and more. It runs as well as it did the day I bought it.

I see no reason to waste your time rebuilding a computer every day. If you actually are doing this, and not just trolling us, you have a problem. Have you ever been checked for OCD?

 

[Gothgar]

You have problems

 

[Capt Caveman]

Wow, I heard of losers but the OP takes the cake.

 

[jlee]

Why are you bothering to get the latest versions of all programs if you're just going to format again in six hours?

Smells funny.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

THANK you sir! you are the first one who actually took my post seroiusly and came up with a simple answer that actually helps!

I will do just that! no more formatting/reimaging until my computer breaks!

Let's see how long this lasts...

The people that told you you need professional help, they weren't kidding. Obsessive compulsive disorder is extremely detrimental to overall health in the long run. The stress causes immune and psychiatric dysfunction, including binging, depression, and anxiety. Go see a psychiatrist.

 

[Printer Bandit]

here's the cure:

buy a Mac.

 

[ch33zw1z]

here's the cure:

buy a Mac.

LOL!!

 

[disappoint]

So....you've gone all this time without rebooting your own brain? 50,000 volts at around 10 amps to the temples should do it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I remember back when I had windows 98. I bacame such a power user and had so much stuff instaleld/being used that it could not handle it. Windows 98 was bad for getting "used up" over time and it would just get really slow and start to have all sorts of issues. I used to format about every week.

Worse part: I did not know anything about imaging software then. Yes, I did it all manually. It was usually a Friday night thing. Then when windows 2000 came out I upgraded to that and never had to format due to it getting crappy. Same with XP. I always take an image of my PC when I'm done installing an OS and all the main apps though. So if I did have to format it would be a brease.

But yeah sounds like OP needs help. lol

 

[sourceninja]

I must have never been a power user.

I have never reinstalled an operating system to 'speed things up'. I've done it due to register corruption, uninstalls that left the system unusable, and to clean up computers brought to me with way too many viruses. When I had windows 98, I think I had to do a clean install 2 times in the 4 years I had that computer. I never did a reinstall of XP on my personal computer, and I've only had linux and macs after that.

 

[Sureshot324]

I got Vista when it first came out and reformatted when I installed it. I haven't reformatted since. Since then I have done an upgrade install to Windows 7, moved the entire install to an SSD, installed/uninstalled countless programs/drivers and my machine is still running great.

 

[BladeVenom]

I've got the perfect solution. Ultimate Boot CD or another like it. It's a bootable OS on a CD. Never have to worry about files, uninstalling, or registry stuff and no more reformats/reimages. You'll be a more l33t, hardcore computer user then.

Bootable Linux DVD. You can have a clean OS everytime you turn on your computer.

Or just stop, and set a date once a year to reformat and reinstall.

 

[WelshBloke]

here's the cure:

buy a Mac.

Actually I bet a smack addiction would cure him quicker.

Not that I'm suggesting that he go out and procure some heroin. :\

 

[KK]

THANK you sir! you are the first one who actually took my post seroiusly and came up with a simple answer that actually helps!

I will do just that! no more formatting/reimaging until my computer breaks!

Let's see how long this lasts...

Better re-image it after posting, gotta clean out the temporary internet files you know.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Actually I bet a smack addiction would cure him quicker.

Not that I'm suggesting that he go out and procure some heroin. :\

Cheaper than buying apple products in the long run :awe:

 

[fatpat268]

Don't even waste your time looking for new versions of your software constantly. Chances are, you're not going to be using all of the software you update on a constant basis anyway, and if your software is already working, why update?

I'm not saying to never update, but if it's not broken, why fix it?

 

[MotionMan]

I am a perfectionist. I love everything to be perfect, and I am obsessed about having the best.

So I visit MajorGeeks 20 times a day checking for new software versions. and if I find that CCleaner or any other program has had a small incremental update by 0.1 in the version number. I format my notebook (well not really, I restore an image I took using Acronis True Image to the point before I installed ANY software) then I reinstall everything including that new program. I don't want to touch my registry, i want it perfect and clean, yet I don't want to use any registry cleaning program as they break things most of the time without us knowing.

My curse started when I purchased a license of Acronis True Image, and now since I can easily go back to the perfect image of Windows I have created with all my folders (docs,pics, vids) set up correctly and windows is up to date. Any small glitch and I restore my Acronis Image back and start again!

Kaspersky have deactivated my Kaspersky Internet Security key as it has been activated 15 times in a few days so they thought it was being used illegally when it was really me activating it on the same computer.

Help me someone....help me get over with this Format Disease Syndrome Type-A and help me to now want everything to be perfect. I feel im going cukoo and i'm only 27 years old :whiste:

I use to do crazy stuff like this, too. What cured me were 2 things:

1. I just got tired/lazy;
2. I went all Mac.

MotionMan

 

[zephyrprime]

You got OCD bad. Seek professional help.