how often do you format your computer?
By satlove
@satlove (1110)
India
31 responses
@xellos099 (60)
• United States
16 Dec 06
why would you guys bothers to format your hdd?
virus or trojan only affect you when you trigger them.
formatting the hdd is just *umb. get a damn AV SHIELD.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Dec 06
There is more to it than simply removing a virus or spyware.
Windows based systems can become slower after a period of time due to the vast amount of unwanted and unused data stored on the drive. A reformat can make a very noticeable difference to the overall performance of your computer.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Dec 06
I used to format even more regularly than you do, although I have changed to using a complete backup which I can overwrite the hard drive with.
I now tend to recover the system about every 3 or 4 months, but I have the whole configuration set up so I can be up and running fully in about one and a half hours.
@edelweiss (1929)
• India
18 Dec 06
NO, I dont unless it is absolutely necessary.
I am very picky about sites i visit and stuff i download. I dont keep junk on my computer. I keep my antivirus updated and stay away from spammers and adwares.
@beetel_jack (800)
• India
18 Dec 06
Formating computer, ohhhh... its a part of my life. I donn't why but i have to format my pc atleast 2 or 3 times in a month.
@mediaworker (522)
• India
18 Dec 06
yes i do format but not every month or every year i do when there will be problems of corrupt files or viruses then i will do or i dont do format
@mirage108 (3402)
• United States
16 Dec 06
I dont format my hard drive unless it is absolutly necessary. as it is a lot of work to restore everything after the format. unless you have a restore CD for it, but why unless you corrupt your hard drive every 6 months that is rediculas. and un-necessary.
@xdivisionx (241)
• United States
16 Dec 06
It depends what do you with your computer and it's condition. Usually i only format my computer when i having problem with it or it running really slow. If it doesnt have any major problem and it runs alright, i wont consider to do any format.. since it is painful to reinstall all the programs, and many other things you got on your computer. It could take weeks to get it back to the original state