What's the longest you've run you PC without having to reformat and reinstall Windows XP/Me/98/95

About 3 months. I like to tinker and "fix it even if it ain't broke".

18months, on XP Pro

about 2 weeks since my last format

Apocalypse_67 - "it's been two weeks since my last format"(....hummmmmmmm...I think I used to say that in confession....... ). Just did mine a week ago when I went from Via To nVidia board...had to call Bill Gates to get permission slip..



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I ran 2K for two years, never once had to reinstall.
Ran XP for 6 months. Had to reinstall 3 times in the first week, and then a further 2 times since, the latest being last week.

One year on ME! Have only had to do a complete wipe once, a year ago.

Forgot to mention I'm running XP Home.

a really long time

I just reformatted last week. Cause it was really starting to be slow as hell. I had been lazy and putting it off, it was way over due, after about 18 months (should have done it 6 months ago).

It's amazing the difference it makes. My computer is probably 3 times faster now. Wheew!

Running XP Pro.

Two and a half years on my last install of Win98SE, then switched to XP Pro (clean install) about 4 months ago.

4 years on W98 on my old PC. Still have it too but I have a newer box now with XP.

Operating System: (Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 (5.1 - 2600)) ¤ Installed: (XP was installed 54wks 3days 1hr 58mins 49secs ago, to C:\WINDOWS)

mIRc System info

17months, on XP Pro.

Operating System: (Windows XP Professional (5.1 - 2600)) ¤ Installed: (XP was installed 41wks 6days 14hrs 53mins 8secs ago)

w2k, two weeks ago and can't get galciv multimedia reinstalled; 'my document' folders everywhere. Maybe I'll just get a case of cheap legacy 25 gig hard drives because "reformatting" raises some real doubts in my mind...

Bess

3 yr, 11 mo. i don't like reformatting and reinstalling software, and will go to heroic lengths just to not have to.

reformatting" raises some real doubts in my mind...

Please elaborate.

2 years on windows 95, but it would have been longer if I hadn't had to delete so much crap from my (3 GB) hard disk. Been running XP Home since Christmas...no problems so far.

I stayed 2 and a half years with W2K without any reformat and now around 1 and a half year with WXP with no reformats so far.

2 and a half years with my first PC,(Win 98.)
Then i changed to 98se, and i found out you could tweek the registry!
Now i reinstall about every 3 months!

The moral of this story is: Never mind the MATRIX, don't enter the REGISTRY!

About to do it again this weekend.
Gotta back some stuff up first.

Normally I do it once a year. But when I first got XP, being the pain in my derrier that it was, everything seemed to upset it *rolls eyes* So I must have had to do it 4 times within my first couple of months. Then after realizing--that if I simply get rid of that waste of money, Norton's utilities I'd be fine--I've had NO problems, have not 'had to' since I got rid of it.

Doing it this week just cuz, I want do some stuff differently on it, so I thought I'd start from scratch.

If you don't count upgrading to XP, 2 and a half years. It's slow but it's solid.

Me, I'm just slow!

loaded this machine with xp pro 6mo prerelease still using same install...before that win 98 3 years...you skinners working in XP all GUI changes are stored in a file , in Documents and settings , and the folder titled from your log on , called ntuser.dat ....this file gets corrupt from all the changes and yous desktop does all kinds of crazy things or just plane goes black or locks up...I use a program by Roxio called Goback , it is like system restore in XP except you can restore all the down to only one file ....i restore ntuser.dat back 1 hour and i am back in business...you can do restore in windows but you are liable to loose some of your work ....you can also create a new logon and copy all files from old logon except ntuser.dat and you are back in business note you will lose some things like your Internet favorites but you are not reformatting ...hope this may have help at least one person

Over a Year for me, XP Pro.
But, I do feel the need to clean it up sometime soon.

Guess it's a female thang.

One year and counting with xp home edition (service pack 1)