Well, it's that time of year again! Time to REFORMAT! :)

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Eli
I haven't formatted in like 3 years. What's the point?

Same here. This computer was formatted the day I built it and that is all.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
i just restore from ghost image, far more convenient.

That's the smart way to do it. What do you use, Ghost or PDQI?

- M4H

 

[Zugzwang152]

if you own a windows machine, i find its always better to reformat and start with a fresh registry, etc.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
i just restore from ghost image, far more convenient.

That's the smart way to do it. What do you use, Ghost or PDQI?

- M4H

ghost. u can set it to span files if u have a huge image. with compression at high a clean winxp with sp1+updates/office etc generally is about 500~mb. i just leave the image on another partition for convenience..

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You can span with PQDI too. I generally don't put anything more than just OS + drivers + AV software on an image.

- M4H

 

[tcsenter]

Why is it that people rush to reformat at the first sign of trouble? What ever happened to booting froom a floppy, deleting the \Windows and \Program Files directory while keeping all the important stuff intact, and installing the OS again?

Because format kills your registry and gets rid of 4000 entries you've accumulated over the months but are no longer necessary.

 

[0roo0roo]

heh yea, but don't forget office, stuff u can't live without. i dont install norton now that i think of it, the subscription to its virus updates would be from the initial install. that would suck. yea pqdi probably spans, i just don't use it anymore, did a long time ago🙂

oh, don't use ntsf obviously. can't access in dos. if u must use ntsf u probably gotta use fancier drive image software.

 

[Jmman]

A nice clean format is a good feeling....kind of like spring cleaning your house....🙂

 

[everman]

Just make a ghost partition and ghost a clean install w/ all of your apps to it. That way you can restore the image within a matter of minutes.

 

[tcsenter]

A nice clean format is a good feeling....kind of like spring cleaning your house....

Its like regaining your virginity. 😱

Or maybe its like washing away all your sins and being reborn. Yeah!

 

[toant103]

i think i need to format my computer too. Haven't format it in 2 years

 

[Ornery]

Hah! I'm looking at files on this thing dating back to 1992!

Damn, now I'm reading email from February 1996 🙂

 

[Ryan]

Ahhh, so fresh and so clean 😀