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formatting hard drive

Discussion in 'Computer Components' started by dkapit8, Jan 26, 2003.

  1. Jan 26, 2003 at 2:29 AM
    dkapit8, Jan 26, 2003
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    how often should i format, is it like defragging a hd
     
    dkapit8, Jan 26, 2003
  2. Jan 26, 2003 at 2:55 AM
    Grimley, Jan 26, 2003
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    You've posted this question in the wrong forum, I'm afraid. Mods please move to Computer Hardware.

    If this helps you should only format your hard drive If you have a serious problem with your PC, (ie virus infection, PC not booting up or frequently crashing) or you want to upgrade your operating system.
     
    Grimley, Jan 26, 2003
  3. Jan 26, 2003 at 3:29 AM
    kelvin, Jan 26, 2003
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  4. Jan 26, 2003 at 5:27 AM
    lynx, Jan 26, 2003
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    Some friends reformat thier drives regularly, 2 or 3 times a year.Only takes a couple of hours and your back to a nice quick pc with no crap in the drives.
     
    lynx, Jan 26, 2003
  5. Jan 26, 2003 at 6:07 AM
    nutcase_1uk, Jan 26, 2003
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    On the other hand, my PC at work has had NT4 on it for at least 5 years without a reinstall!

    However, I tend to average two reinstalls a year, although my WinME HCPC has been going just over a year without a reinstall (touch wood!).

    NT based OS's (NT, 2000, XP) tend to need less reinstalls than Win9x based ones (95, 98, ME).
     
    nutcase_1uk, Jan 26, 2003
  6. Jan 26, 2003 at 4:57 PM
    minimad, Jan 26, 2003
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    because I do so much mucking about with software, I tend to rebuild my PC every couple of months. Saying that, I haven't rebuilt this one for about six months.

    Policy I work by is:

    House keep - defrag & get rid of the old crud you really don't need (demos etc)

    run regular systems checks.

    If it ain't broke don't fix it!

    Collin
     
    minimad, Jan 26, 2003
  7. Jan 26, 2003 at 5:41 PM
    buns, Jan 26, 2003
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    Well im a bad example, but i have 2 machines, the hcpc has had xp re imstalled half a dozen times in 6 months, my working mucking about, surfing, nonsense machine has had ME running on it without serious hitch for nearly 3 years.

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  8. Jan 26, 2003 at 7:28 PM
    lynx, Jan 26, 2003
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    Reinstalling ain't reformatting though, is it ?
     
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  9. Jan 26, 2003 at 8:06 PM
    buns, Jan 26, 2003
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    well its not exactly easy to reformat your system partition without reinstalling! :p I basically took it as read that you would automatically reformat anytime you reinstalled

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  10. Jan 26, 2003 at 8:52 PM
    lynx, Jan 26, 2003
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    You can also reinstall over the os which was how i read you.
     
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  11. Jan 26, 2003 at 11:30 PM
    buns, Jan 26, 2003
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    does that not leave you with a confusing mess?

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    buns, Jan 26, 2003
  12. Jan 27, 2003 at 1:21 AM
    lynx, Jan 27, 2003
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    Nah. You can do this to repair lost/damaged system files, .dll's etc.
     
    lynx, Jan 27, 2003
  13. Jan 27, 2003 at 2:45 AM
    buns, Jan 27, 2003
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    Lynx,

    Thats fair enough, i think we know what we both were on about!

    But to the topic...... dkapit8, was there any specific problem you are trying to sort that prompted you to ask?

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    buns, Jan 27, 2003

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