Another C.G. Computer Poll.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Poll question: Another C.G. Computer Poll.

How often do you totally backup your system format the disk and reinstall the software?

Note:

I recommend every six months for heavy users. Nine at most, for medium. At least once a year for light.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Do the bump .....

[DS1]

2. I believe in steady maintenance with the right tools, and very selective

installation of software

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. Do how often do you *do it*?

[DS1]

5. when i buy a new system

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. I mean how often do you back up the system and reinstall the software?

[DS1]

17. I back up my files, and leave the software

I have too much software to be installing over and over again

[Crazy Guggenheim]

24. That's all you should do. Don't back up the programs!

[miss_kitty]

4. I couldn't vote

I used to do it every 3-4 months. I had a small amount of info on the box...then I found the dj mix site and got broadband. And Flashgot. And Firefox. And extra protection. There are signs I need to write zeros and reload-I just can't spend mass time doing the back up. I was going to get and external hard drive, but I am sort of (read: extremely) strapped for $$$.

My box has not been reloaded since the end of Feb, 2004. And it was reloaded 3-4 times betwen Christmas eve 2003 and then :grr:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. You can schedule backups while you''re sleeping. Then over the

period of, say a few days, you;ll have all your backups and you can format and reinstall. It *saves time*.

[miss_kitty]

8. How's that done?

:)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

12. Go though the task scheduler in the comtrol panel. Or

PM me.

[miss_kitty]

19. yeah the task scheduler WAS broken

I have disabled the HID which was supposed to be the cure, but THAT was supposed to cure other shit too, like my stand by prob. And it didn't.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

20. Oh ok .......

[miss_kitty]

21. Well live updates is working again

I think Norton screws shit up. So does Zone Alarm, which I also run. I think when I DO reload, I use Kerio and something else...

[Crazy Guggenheim]

23. Norton does slow things up. Are you running Zone Alarm and

Norton AV/Firewall?

[miss_kitty]

30. I think so

It's NAV 2005, which I think comes with a firewall, which was not my intention. But my ZA stopped at 4.0, because when I downloaded 5.0, it trashed my NVidia, WMP and ZA .dll files, which took me about 3 days to figure out. ZA denied it when I sent them the obligatory WTF! nastygram, then 2 weeks later, I got a form email inviting me to try again.

The NAV worm protection update thinger does not work, although it did for the first few months after I updated. I did everything the Symantec site said to do, and there's two hours I'll never get back. This shit blows-it does freaky shit a lot-like the one file scan it did when I came out of standby this morning (manual standby-it doesn't always go into standby by itself). Or the "You need to register!" BS it did a couple of weeks ago...:grr:

I just look at this crap as 'The Work-Around Challenge'

:P

[LSK]

9. why would you reinstall software?

Really bored?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. It makes everything run like it was new.

[LSK]

11. i didnt know you could tell the difference

:shrug:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. Yes you can .......

[LSK]

14. interesting

I have noticed the loading of Mozilla fall from 3.9 seconds to 4.2123 seconds in the past 8 months. Maybe you are on to something. ;)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

15. HOLY SHIT! IT COULD BE A VIRUS!!

J/K

[LSK]

16. GOOD LORD NO!

In all seriousness, when I download mp3s or videos or something, I usually burn it to CD.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. Good idea.

[Az]

25. There are other ways to bump performance without having to do that

Yeah, if you system is streamlined reload is faster. But like I said below. As you approach a terabyte it becomes less efficient to do a reload.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

26. Maybe. But with all that data one has to "take more care of it" for

fragmentation, etc.

[Chicken Girl]

34. isn't that what defragmenting is for? nt

[Crazy Guggenheim]

35. Yes. And Welcome to DU!

[LSK]

28. a terabyte?????

What on earth do you have loaded?

[Az]

22. I have over half a terabyte of data on my system

Not happening.

[khashka]

27. Used to do it every few months

but haven't bothered for over a year.

CG is a nerd and I want a kitten thread!

Khash.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

29. OK ........

http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/

[khashka]

31. I already got in trouble for that one

I was gonna blame you for providing the link in the first place but was too busy defending myself against accusations of being a kitten killer and perplexingly a promoter of neocon values....

Khash.
(I'm still boycotting the yaks and will reconvert you to the true faith)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

32. Batch files ......

[Crazy Guggenheim]

33. Thanks Everyone!

:grouphug: