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Old February 25, 2010, 10:42 AM
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I format quite often and it never slows down my pc. Nothing better than a good clean install.
I'm saying that after a fresh install they claim that within a couple months their computer has "slowed down" so they decided to format again. Why not just run everything in a VM if that's the case?

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Maybe their computers just suck , although I can't see formatting every few months being necessary or even a good idea really.

I format as a last resort, but if a virus is being a pain, I vote for the reformat, not exactly sure why you want to cause more work for yourself like Perineum seems to want.
It's because I like to win. Formatting is cheating

First time might take me a while, but I've learned something and consequent infections/problems/whatever of the same thing don't take me very long to deal with
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Old February 25, 2010, 11:41 AM
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Formatting is for lazy people.
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Old February 25, 2010, 12:04 PM
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I always format. I cant be bothered trying to fix OS issues or trying to figure out how to get rid of a virus. I can be up and running in 20 minutes when I install from a USB stick.
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Old February 25, 2010, 12:31 PM
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Uptime: 4 days 1 hour 47 minutes 1 second
Record Uptime: 10 weeks 2 days 19 hours 55 minutes 32 seconds set on Thu Jul 30 17:20:40 2009

Format? Please.
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Old February 25, 2010, 12:55 PM
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Yeah if you were ocing daily like some people your OS would be shot by now. It depends what you are doing with it.
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Old February 25, 2010, 12:57 PM
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Yeah if you were ocing daily like some people your OS would be shot by now. It depends what you are doing with it.
This OS has BEEN through many overclocks and BSODs
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Old February 25, 2010, 01:00 PM
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Enjoy your screwy OS for the rest of your life then. Im keeping mine fresh
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Old February 25, 2010, 02:51 PM
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Yeah if you were ocing daily like some people your OS would be shot by now. It depends what you are doing with it.
All my machines are overclocked. No issues
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Old February 25, 2010, 02:53 PM
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Guys, this thread has gotten way too OT. Can we please just wait to see if our suggestion thus far have helped any once the OP posts back? Enough with the side-topics. Please.
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Old February 25, 2010, 03:08 PM
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Nothing got rid of it, just did a reinstall of the OS.
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