Windows users... How often do you format and reinstall?

[EpsiIon]

I just bought a GeForce 6800 GT and a new power supply. It's been about a year and a half since I installed Windows XP, and I figured this upgrade is a good time to format and reinstall. How does this strike the rest of you? Do you think it's unnecessary or overdue?

 

[AFB]

Every 6-8 Months. Its getting about that time again, I'll have to doing during Thanksgiving

 

[Thor86]

You shouldn't need to re-install an OS for changing video cards, and especially a power supply.

Just uninstall the current video card in your hardware manager before changing the card out. Then install the latest drivers for your hardware.

 

[yezhou]

I don't think its necessary unless you feel your system is chugging. Do what Thor86 said, just uninstall the previous driver from Add/Remove, and also get "Driver Cleaner" to make sure its completely clean, then install the new vid card and install the drivers for it, and you'll be set.

 

[effee]

This Windows installation has lasted for 1 week 4 days so far 🙂

Operating System: (WinXP Professional 5.1 (Build #2600)) ¤ Installed: (XP was installed 1wk 4days 14hrs 51mins 23secs ago) ¤ Uptime: (4h 3m 40s)

 

[Zugzwang152]

i tend to not reformat unless i fubar something, because i hate redoing my windows customizations... i still have not learned my lesson and made a clean install + customizations image so i don't have to deal with it. my current setup was installed 8/28/04, 1:42AM.

 

[KoolDrew]

I reformat just about every 2 months. IN fact I just reformatted yesterday