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Do you reformat your computer every year/once a year?
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hey guys as a maintenance in your computer how often do you reformat your computer? is it every year? Me in my old computer i reformat it every year :)
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Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012
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I never do that!!
dont see the need, i would do that only if i had no other choice.
But i do a backup regularly :)
dont see the need, i would do that only if i had no other choice.
But i do a backup regularly :)
Reformatting is not maintenance... Its starting over and, should be used as a last resort. There really shouldnt ever be a need to reformat. If you do regular backups, you should at the very most do a restore not a reformat. I have computers that are 10 years old that have never been reformated.
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Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012
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I do that once in a while, when the computer starts to slow down, yeah I just format it and redownload everything, which isn't a long process. A days worth of work at most. But not once every year, that's a bit too much
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Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012
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I do yearly clean out of my drive but to reformat and wipe a clean slate I do maybe 2 years or so. depends on if I need to defrag the drive as well from th testing I do.
I only do it if I experience annoying issues that can't be fixed, slow downs, too many uninstalls/installs and it's affecting windows, etc.
well, i reformat my HD after every 4 or 6 months :D
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Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012
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Well almost everything is fixable. Sometimes tho format is easier. Also windows goes "bad" after couple of years so then you need to do it if you want it to be fast :P
When I first owned a computer, I somehow needed to re-format about once a week..LOL~
Naa, I don't reformat. But I do regular maintence once a week of wiping the free drive space and do regular back-ups.
Naa, I don't reformat. But I do regular maintence once a week of wiping the free drive space and do regular back-ups.
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Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012
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I actually just reformatted mine and it runs so much smoother and faster. also i don't have unknown processes running now. I had 135-160 processes before, now i have 70-90 running
To be honest I never reformat my old comptuer since 2005 I don't see why you want reformat for little issue over about speed. I suggest leave the way it is so if you don't have any problem it just leave it. My old computer run great so there is no point for reformat it.
it depends if it's really slow then reformat
I am pretty pickey about what goes on my machine, which makes for my machine running in tip-top shape for a long time. :) Also, just keeping os and programs on c drive helps out too. However, I moved my most frequently used docs to my ssd and the hardley used to my 2nd drive.
hehehe thx for your reply guys :)
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Posted Saturday, May 5th, 2012
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i never reformated my laptop because it breaks every half a year anyway -__-
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