How often do you reinstall windows?

[twisterX]

when ever something goes wrong. I didnt do it for a long time becuase it would talk forever to install all my games back.

[Chewie]

I only install when the need arises - which is due to hardware changes, not software fuckups.
The current installation dates from the purchase of my 200GB HDD in May, and the previous one was for the mobo upgrade a couple of years ago.

I have a friends Samsung laptop here that I've fixed in two minutes without re-installing... he asked me to format/install because he bought it without knowing any user passwords, but that doesn't mean I gotta wipe anything at all.

[johno1977]

prob once or twice a yr...just too give a good clean up not cos of any major prob's

[Formula1]

on my pc, i've never had to reinstall window... even when i switched motherboards...

[Seedler]

on my pc, i've never had to reinstall window... even when i switched motherboards...

whoa? switch mobo and still no reinstall? whoa...

[Formula1]

yup, because my old dfi motherboard had nforce 3 and my new motherboard had nforce 4. so therefore all i had to do was remove my old ati drivers, using a program called drive cleaner..

[GepperRankins]

it used to be like every 2 or 3 months. now i have XP it's only when my hard-drive fries


might have to re-install soon cause i get this wierd lag thingy every ten minutes

[Cheese]

Every two months, coincides with me cleaning the hardware itself from dust and stuff.

[Seedler]

it used to be like every 2 or 3 months. now i have XP it's only when my hard-drive fries


might have to re-install soon cause i get this wierd lag thingy every ten minutes

Yah recently I've been getting that lag as well, especially when I'm playing that eggs games in arcades...pisses me off when I'm doing so good and suddenly a lag spike

[maebach]

6 months