how often do u format ur PC

[RCuber]

^ off topic
charan i think you have to strighten your cat's neck, we dont want it to fall off
just joking buddy

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Ai.. looks like my avatar is getting more and more attention now a days , on the other hand .. I myself have disabled the avatars to be displayed in threads .
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[R2K]

but if we install so much softwares.......trial or demo versions and later we remove it from our PC then these softwares leaves a lot of clutter inside registry and system folders......these clutter can only be removed if we reinstall windows.......i don't think those softwares which claim to remove all those clutter really works as it is said by the developers

 

[Kl@w-24]

but if we install so much softwares.......trial or demo versions and later we remove it from our PC then these softwares leaves a lot of clutter inside registry and system folders......these clutter can only be removed if we reinstall windows.......i don't think those softwares which claim to remove all those clutter really works as it is said by the developers

I use software like Regseeker and Revo Uninstaller to get rid of remnants. If you have proper knowledge of the windows registry and common locations where programs dump their files, you can also do it manually by searching for the program name. No big deal. And definitely not something to warrant a complete format-reinstall routine.

 

[Raccoon]

Dudes, the only near sure-shot way to get rid of all the gunk proggies leave behind on windows is to use an un-installer that takes snapshots of your system before and after installing a program, and then compares the changes. I dont think Revo does that (correct me if Im wrong... havent looked too deeply into it).

What I do is I first uninstall the proggy using its own uninstaller... and then, the next time I reboot, I use the 3rd party uninstaller (Ashampoo) to remove things as per its own log.

 

[jack_the_ripper]

i had to format my comp twice in 3 years, both the times it was due to some virus or corrupted files, i just couldnt log into windows.! both the times it would come to the start up screen and hang there.! it was such a pain.! had to take it to a frnd, connect it as a slave and backup all the info i had.! even the inbuilt system restore was of no use!!

can norton ghost help in restoring back the data? incase i am unable to login to windows?

 

[nileshgr]

On every new release of Fedora i.e. about 6 months unless during this period some problem occurs which cannot be rectified. But usually that doesn't happen. So consider it 6 months.

 

[R2K]

yup.................its not reinstallation of OS that is painful but the tweaking process which we have to deal with later on

 

[nileshgr]

yup.................its not reinstallation of OS that is painful but the tweaking process which we have to deal with later on

For normal use of Linux, there's not much of tweaking.. Though I have done some tweaks as required.

 

[Krazy_About_Technology]

When i was working on Win 98, it was every month Then with Windows XP, it was every 3 months or so. But then the USB virus striked and my formatting period reduced to sometimes twice a month, once even twice a day But on average, once every two months (and mostly NOT because of virus problems, it used to make XP a lil faster on my old, celeron lappy)

But since i got Vista 2 years back, did it just 2 times, first, initial install. Second, when i got my new dell lappy Its working rock solid for me since last 3.5 months even after a lot of tinkering around with it.

Again, for my dual boot, when i used to use Fedora (back when Red Hat started it), it was once every six months (the release cycle of fedora). Then no install for 1.5 years. Since then i am experimenting with multiple distros, never kept any for more than 3 months. I am not a primary linux user as you people may have guessed. I use it just to know whats great happening on that side of the world

 

[R2K]

^^

use VMware Server for experimenting linux distros

 

[sre06]

once in the month necessary for me .becoz something goes wrong.

 

[Krazy_About_Technology]

^^

use VMware Server for experimenting linux distros

Ya i use VirtualBox mostly, but that doesn't lets me test the graphics performace or graphical effects. For that i install for 1-2 months and then when some new one comes out, i reinstall.

 

[R2K]

^^
thank u Krazy_About_Technology.............downloaded virtual box and installed solaris inside it..............i think it is faster than VMware server

 

[Ross]

Nearly every month, it keeps my old system running faster..

 

[Krazy_About_Technology]

My pleasure buddy I've been using virtual box for about 6 months and i have found it better than any other offerings. Its good for someone like me who experiments with linux distros a lot.

I am really looking forward to Windows 7 also, its boot loader will have the ability to mount a virtual hard disk so we will be able to run Virtual HDDs on their own, without any OS in the background. Though creating linux VHD files can be an issue, but i am sure someone will write a utility to do that

 

[R2K]

^^

seems like windows 7 will rock...............but i don't think M$ will support linux

 

[satyamy]

I have 2 Seperate HDD
The Original One I format once in every 3.5-4 months

The Other one is for testing OS so fromat it frequently once in every 15-20 days

 

[PhB]

Great, I use virtual box too. As for formatting my hard drives, unavailibility of blank dvds has prevented me from doing it ^_^
And I really need to format my whole disk.

 

[trublu]

Today's my xp installation's 1st birthday..... (this is the longest it survived)

 

[satyamy]

Today's my xp installation's 1st birthday..... (this is the longest it survived)

1 Full Year Owesum

Many Many Happy Return