Time for a reformat.

[flxnimprtmscl]

I just reformatted last Sunday night. I'd been running that install for about six month or so with no issues but then:

I turn off Zone Alarm
I forget to turn it back on
Hello blaster worm
Oh noes!! :Q
Computer starts acting quite strange

= Reformat.

I think it was the first time I actually remembered to back everything up too. Well, to be honest I thought I'd accidentally deleted all my e-mail but then remembered I'd started having outlook store them on another partition for when I do stupid stuff like that.

 

[drum]

just did last weekend. after a new board and processor, i tried to avoid it but things just weren't completely workin all the time so no big deal

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: KraziKid
You forgot to back something up!!!

Oh noes! :Q



- M4H

. Do you have another PC with an intArweb connection to continue neffing on?

:beer:

- M4H

 

[Evadman]

break out the hard spares!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Evadman
break out the hard spares!

Had to nab some bonus RAM for this one. Can't be neffing with only 64MB! :Q

- M4H

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I just did it a coupla weeks ago. It's a bit of a pain, but with Win XP and NTFS at least it is really quick.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: OZEE
I have *NEVER* reformatted. Never had a reason to - and I've been "doing" computers as a career for 15 years - online 10+ years.

when upgrading it is a good idea to reformat... I take it you either don't reformat, or don't upgrade your computer often.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I just did it a coupla weeks ago. It's a bit of a pain, but with Win XP and NTFS at least it is really quick.

I'll say. Even with a break for a snack and walking the dog, I'm finished the install process. Now it's time for the 4-in-1s, Forceware, and chipset lovin' - all pre-burned on CD.

- M4H

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: KraziKid
You forgot to back something up!!!

Oh noes! :Q



- M4H

. Do you have another PC with an intArweb connection to continue neffing on?

:beer:

- M4H

:beer:

 

[Kenny1234]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I sure hope I've got everything backed up. :beer:

- M4H

Midget pr0n: check

Donkey pr0n: check

Midget donkey pr0n: check


Commence reformat!!

yeah dolphin pr0n

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: Kenny1234

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I sure hope I've got everything backed up. :beer:

- M4H

Midget pr0n: check

Donkey pr0n: check

Midget donkey pr0n: check


Commence reformat!!

yeah dolphin pr0n

stfu

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: shminu

Originally posted by: Kenny1234

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I sure hope I've got everything backed up. :beer:

- M4H

Midget pr0n: check

Donkey pr0n: check

Midget donkey pr0n: check


Commence reformat!!

yeah dolphin pr0n

stfu

Selfrighteous assbandits with no sense of humour - such as yourself - are not welcome in my threads. Please get the fvck out, and don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you.

:beer:

- M4H

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

motherboard died in 1 pc. backing up the primary partition off the drive in that PC right now.

 

[UNCjigga]

Wow, you too? I've currently got my notebook ghosting via USB to an external hard drive, and then I'm gonna do the ol' format + reinstall dance. Problem is, the notebook only does USB 1.1 (and no firewire) so its taking some time....

 

[amndouglas]

Originally posted by: OZEE
I have *NEVER* reformatted. Never had a reason to - and I've been "doing" computers as a career for 15 years - online 10+ years.

So that i386 is still chugging along nicely.

 

[KingNothing]

I'm just about finished moving everything over from my 80 and 60 GB drives to my new 200GB drive. One more partition to go through, then I need to ghost my system partition and format my old drives.

 

[rh71]

Maybe people change hardware all the time, but it baffles me as to why you guys don't just GHOST a pristine image and just take the 10 minutes to throw that image onto C: everytime you need to "reformat".

Even if you did change hardware, it would recognize it on boot... plug and pray, remember ?

Reformating shouldn't be a chore... it's only 1 partition. After you install all your must-have proggies, Ghost it this time, ya Canuck.

 

[OIKOS]

hope to see u back soon.........:evil:

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

I reformatted about a week ago...it's nice to have a fresh install.

 

[Blayze]

Im going to do a format this weekend. Fresh installs are nice.

 

[TheVrolok]

Mmmm reformatting. I think I do it every 2 months or so.

 

[ucdbiendog]

Originally posted by: opticalmace
I reformat every month.

GL.

heh, i did that too for a couple years. then my classes got hard and i had no time. ive been on my current installation for probably close to 6 months which is by leaps and bounds a record for me

 

[opticalmace]

Originally posted by: amndouglas

Originally posted by: OZEE
I have *NEVER* reformatted. Never had a reason to - and I've been "doing" computers as a career for 15 years - online 10+ years.

So that i386 is still chugging along nicely.

:beer:

 

[Ciber]

Why in the world do you need to reformat so much if you're using XP? Hopefully it's because you upgrade your MB's a lot. Otherwise you guys either need to be on some medication or stop sucking at using your computer so much that you need to reformat it constantly.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
How long do you guys wait for a reformat?

With Windows XP and Debian, you could go forever unless you completely hosed something.