 jabarnutLight Years AwayPremium,MVM
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Re: [XPHome] How often do you do a clean install? said by dave:said by not quite right: Never quite understood why people will put up with a poorly running machine, or spend 10 times longer trying to fix a hosed install. Never quite understood why people think systems run poorly if they're not frequently reinstalled, or why people so readily decide to reinstall without even understanding the problem first. I also agree.
I've been running XP Pro on two machines since...(heck, I don't know, since it was first released I suppose), and I've NEVER started from scratch and done a new clean install.
You kidding? What a PITA that is!
Fact is, my machines run just as well as the day I first installed the OS...heck, I don't know, maybe better.
I do however, keep a fresh image of my system partition reasonably up to date, and also keep a record of what's changed since the last image.
Therefore, if I do have a problem (and worst case scenario, have to restore a previous image), I tend to know exactly what it was that caused the problem.
I've known other people who start from scratch just for the sake of feeling "clean" again....I'm just not one of them.
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