Engineer101 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 The worst thing for me is Reformating cause of some stupid trojan. Reinstalling some like drivers. restarting it several times. and this sucks too. i reformatted in January and it took me 3 formats to get it working. lol dont worry most of the files i am seeding is intact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I hate trojans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werecow Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 try avg antivirus...i use it and it works well...dosent use much as far as resourses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymrugirl Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Oma, just wondering if those are yours? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulreaper Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 No - he's just compensating :D :D :D :D :D and YES IT SUCKS! & WINDOWS SUCKS! - Linux is MUCH better - darndest thing is I can't use it!!! :stare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werecow Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 and YES IT SUCKS! & WINDOWS SUCKS! - Linux is MUCH better - darndest thing is I can't use it!!! :stare: ditto tried it...not geeky enuff to make it do what i want it to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Oma' date=' just wondering if those are yours? :p[/quote'] Naw, this guy gave 'em to me a while back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulreaper Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 ROTFL!! :D :D Maybe HE is compensating then? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werecow Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 for what??? being dead??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer101 Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 ok computer is RESTORED. NO games INSTALLED though. i have some games leftoever from the first time i formatted. im just gonna install 2-3 games and thats it. btw Grab Project Nomads too. my DVD-CD rom sucks. i had to punch it to get the driver to open now my hand hurts so im using a screwdriver to tap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 if ur stuck, www.cybertechhelp.com is a very usefl resource. has links to all kinds of handy programs for cleaning and sound advice on how to do it. also some of the larger antivirus software producers allow you a trial. eg pc-cillin and norton. handy for real updated versions. if not rip em off of bit torrent since i got pc-cillin i got everything tied up tight and managed to isolate and delete an annoying trojan se.dll by running a scan in safe mode. no probs deleing anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteShdw Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I actually like re-formating because I always end up installing programs that I use once or twice... And it gives me a chance to re-do everything. Then again, it can be quite a pain, especially backing up all your data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer101 Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 lol yeah. for some reason when i did a format it ask if i should format C drive and D drive but wheres E drive?! E Drive is the same Drive as C yet it never asked. oh well since i keep all my music on E drive. D drive is just the movies and games lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werecow Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I actually like re-formating because I always end up installing programs that I use once or twice... And it gives me a chance to re-do everything. Then again' date=' it can be quite a pain, especially backing up all your data.[/quote'] they do seem to run better after a clean slate..getting rid of all the junk....tho remembering all the stuff i put on em to do everything i need is a booger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer101 Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 haha yeah it does. my computer when it wasnt formatted took 10 minutes to LOAD EVERYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0V13T Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I actually like re-formating because I always end up installing programs that I use once or twice... And it gives me a chance to re-do everything. Then again' date=' it can be quite a pain, especially backing up all your data.[/quote'] I try to format / repartition my boot drive once every 6 months or so. Got all my legally purchaces MP3's, and legitimate personal dvd back ups, and copies of prigrams that I bought, and lost the install cd for on a second hard drive, so formatting is wicked painless. And oh man, theres nothing like a fresh install of your fav OS (Windows XP: Borg Edition). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 last reboot i had i copied all my exe files from my programs folder to my portable hdd. save a faf when reloading every thing. just one stop and all done :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRRoRz Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Just make a (NORTON GHOST) image of C: (Windows only) Install the games and stuff on D: (Some games and programs need reinstalling, some don't) When you have problems, just restore the image in 2.5 minutes, and you're done! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str82u Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 I haven't reformatted xp yet, 2000 I did on a regular basis, but 98, BOY HOWDY!>..I had to do a clean install at least once a month, guaranteed in writing. Install over the top of it maybe once every 2 weeks or so. All the coding I did then and experimenting with java (LSD for your computer) tore windows up. Wow, I can almost remember someone saying "Oh, they'll stop at a Gigabyte then find something new" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawgAMD Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 I have had to reformat xp w/sp2 twice. It hates my sata-raid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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