how often do u format ur computer?

it also needs some refreshment. - computer.
@jassi007 (234)
India
February 16, 2007 3:51pm CST
i format my laptop at least once in a month. how often do u format ur computer/laptop?
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7 responses
@mrwolf1 (66)
• United States
17 Feb 07
I only format my computer when i NEED to. otherwise there is no use in taking all the time it takes to reformat it.
@jassi007 (234)
• India
17 Feb 07
formatting the comp every week keeps it running smoothly..thats why most net users recomending formatting the comp every week.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
28 Feb 07
I'm an IT professional and I would never recommend formatting your computer if you don't need to. I don't know where you heard that it was a good idea to do it once a week.
• India
17 Feb 07
hey i don't often format my pc because i really take care of spyware and antivirus and do format my pc once in 6 month
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@jassi007 (234)
• India
17 Feb 07
u should learn the habbit of formatting ur comp at least once in a month.
@cerium (691)
28 Feb 07
In the past, there were the days when I had to format twice a day! There were some problems with my PC which clearly formatting wasn't a cure for them. But no matter what, I kept on thinking that formatting is the answer! Now, I am a lot more experienced. I only format twice a year, or to be more precise, whenever I need to.
@Profetu (1253)
• Romania
28 Feb 07
FORMAT??as in format c: ????I did that last christmas.Becouse of some cute virus and an excellent worm that i've got from downloading something from Microsoft. I don't own a laptop and for me to format ..phuuu...it would require a LOT of back-up.And I'm toooooo lazy to do that. Therefore,i format my computer only when necessary.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Once a month? Once a week? Are you people insane? I format my computer maybe once a year, but never more than once every six months. Do you people know exactly what formatting is? It's when you wipe your entire hard drive clean, and then reinstall Windows. It can take several hours to format a large hard drive and it's not healthy to do it so often. You really are shortening the life of your hard drive if you format it every week. I could never format that often because I have alot of programs and wouldn't want to spend two days resintalling all my programs and files from backups.
@Fixpcbugs (274)
• India
15 Mar 07
Two and three times a month.
17 Feb 07
i rarely format my laptop