Re-Installing your OS

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I have read many a discussions on here and can never figure out why so many when they have problems with the OS that the first option is to re-install the OS. Some have stated that they do it up to 2 times a year just to keep it a clean system. some re-install it due to a virus WHY? There is a Disk clean up utility built in to the OS why not use it? Problem with the OS why not use the fix and repair options? System slowing down Just clean the system of temp files and defrag? Problem with the disk drive. There is an old utility called chkdsk will do the same thing as a format and take a lot less time that formatting and re-installing everything (which can take days to get everything back to normal. Only thing is you have to reboot and it will run at boot up. from the dos prompt which will fix and repair your disk drive and file system? Virus on your computer (I just saw this today) why not try a new virus scanner and run it from the CD or have a recovery disk it if gets into the Boot Sector. Point is it takes a lot more time to re-install the OS properly than trying the other options first. Why not ask questions first before re-installing the OS first and having more problems?