Nokra Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Just out of curiosity, how often do you wipe everything and start over again? Windows 10 makes it quite easy since you don't even need to input a key or anything like that, but still, reinstalling everything is kind of a pain. What is your normal reformat schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokt Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Probably once a year. I like to keep my systems pretty light, programs are easy to redownload and all of my files are on an external hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Intentionally or not, I typical end up with a fresh install of Windows around once every 18 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Once every couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I don't have a schedule, and honestly, it's been years since I've deliberately wiped and reinstalled. I just haven't had a good reason to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Every few years, whenever I do a major hardware change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 When it breaks or has some other issue. I have not reformatted my gaming PC since I got it in 2014 and it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Almost never. Only when there's some sort of issue I'm troubleshooting and think it will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Probably every couple years. Oddly enough I used to do it much more often, probably at least once a year. Still, even though it's gotten so easy, with almost everything in the cloud or on my NAS, I just don't spend as much time tinkering with my PC as I used to. It used to be a real fear that I could lose data, and it used to take forever to babysit installation of the OS and all the software, but I'd still do it because of more frequent hardware changes or just as a spring cleaning notion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Only when necessary, I'm not running Windows 9x. Last time was still on Windows 7 when I switched from Windows on HDD with an SSD cache drive to Windows on SSD. The Windows 10 upgrade didn't involve formatting but it was a nice refresh. I have added more SSD space twice over the years so I did format the new drives but my OS drive hasn't been formatted in many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I think the last time I reformatted without a problem as the cause was with Windows Vista. Been running the same Windows 10 install since they offered the free upgrade from 8. And the spare PC has a Windows 7 -> 8 -> 10 upgrade path and never formatted. I just don't care to do it anymore, but that being I have been considering formatting my current PC. I probably won't' do it because I plan to build a new one when Ryzen 2 comes out in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 If something goes wrong then I might otherwise really never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Nowadays I don't, I never have stability issues. A new build is my reformat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 I was having major networking issues and I ended up reformatting in hopes of fixing it. I thought I had already done all that I could with drivers, but it turns out that there was a problem with the installation and as soon as I fixed that, no more networking issues. On the plus side, I have a brand new installation of Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 New builds or hardware. Otherwise I don't unless I'm having issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitgod Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I used to once a year, back in the day. But I haven't in probably 6 years at this point. YOLO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 On 5/1/2019 at 10:26 AM, Bitgod said: I used to once a year, back in the day. But I haven't in probably 6 years at this point. YOLO It seems like this is a pretty common perspective these days. Maybe OSes have gotten more stable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Win 10 seems to have eliminated the need to do it, or maybe its SSDs are so fast any slow down is negligible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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