Re: Unnecessary HD formatting
From: Glen (Glen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/28/04
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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 04:01:48 +0100
There are times when reformatting is preferred over restoring from a backup.
I keep a couple of ghost backups but as my Windows installation is over 2
years old my full backups are quite old and restoring any of them would
reset my computer to the time the newest one was made. Before you say it I
also make incremental backups daily so I have a good backup regime.
Over the last couple of years I have installed and uninstalled lots of
programs so if my computer had major problems I would reformat and reinstall
as it cleans the whole system up. Then there are times like upgrading. I am
about to upgrade the main components of this computer, motherboard,
processor, graphics card, hard drives and so on. I don't believe in doing a
repair install after changing the motherboard. I prefer to use the occasion
to clean the system up.
Well that's are a couple of reasons to reformat and as has been said what
about all the newbies who haven't discovered the importance of backing up.
It's what works for you I guess.
Glen
"MGGP" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13e8f01c4445c$d274b380$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> It keeps us all employed . . . ;-)
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I browse the newsgroups to try and learn from the MVPs.
> >The advice is worth its weight in gold.
> >
> >I am amazed at how many people have the same problems.
> >Viruses...spyware...no firewall..."self-inflicted"
> >registry problems...losing the MS product key...
> >They seem to know nothing about their computer but they
> >know enough to post to a newsgroup? It makes no sense.
> >
> >I am also agast at how many people feel the need to
> >reformat their HD. Is that really necessary in most
> >cases? Wouldn't restoring the HD from a full backup
> >replace the need to reformat the HD and reinstall the
> >OS? Backing up data is a basic computer maintenance just
> >like running anti-virus software and Spyware removal. Do
> >that many people have their head in the sand. Must be!!
> >
> >BTW, the computer I got from my friend had an illegal
> >copy of Win XP Pro on it and he didn't give me the
> >product key. Is there any web site I can download a
> >product key for free? Also, my computer is telling me
> >I'm missing the file "bridge.dll". How do I get it back?
> >
> >Kidding!
> >.
> >
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