Hi, Yeah, Shaun definitely has a formatting obsession. That's his own personal fix all solution, and it is usually absolutely unnecessary. No offense to Shaun, but if you have to resort to reformatting your computer everytime you have a problem then it means you haven't a clue how to fix and maintain your operating system. Most problems can be trouble shooted and fixed without a complete reformat. Reformatting the system should be the alternative of last resort.
Cheers! On 3/22/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Good grief sean! what is it with you and reformats? ---- or do you just have > a liking for death threats against computer ;D. > > Personally, I think I've only ever reformatted a machine once, and that only > when it was being given to someone else to use. i've occasionally ran into > user account shinanigans, ---- but at most these just mean deleting one > account and creating another, not reformatting at all. > > Generally i've found a good antivirus and occasional use of utilities like C > cleaner have kept my machine running without a hitch, ---- in fact mostly > I've only ever changed machines when the hardware actually broke down, as > happened with my old desktop in august of 2008, ---- though it had been used > pretty extensively every day for was 4 years, so I didn't mind too much (all > my important stuff is backed up on an external harddrive anyway, --- -sinse > if I lost my thesis I'd be in pretty serious trouble, ---- not to mention > having lots of games, books and music I want to keep as well). > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
