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Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:30 pm
by Gecko
I have come to the conclusion that one of my older systems really needs a clean install.

Over the years it's had hundreds of programs installed and uninstalled and some reinstalled.
In the day it was my personal system, now it's the backup system for all our other work systems.
That system is like an old friend it's been running the same install for 6 1/2 years!

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Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:57 pm
by liljim
Yep brother, i'd say it was time. You have me beat by a longshot.

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:34 am
by Psymon
:lol: that's old!

And thank you, I'd been looking for a good way of finding how old my pc was.
2005/01/01 here.
I'm also worried that my windows folder is much more than both of yours...
6.14GB
5.73GB on disk

Also, the 'systeminfo' command doesn't work for me. Any ideas why?

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:29 pm
by Gecko

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:50 pm
by Psymon
:lol: the cmd thing is what I tried. odd :S
What's the other way?

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:30 am
by Gecko
Psymon,

IF you are running XP home or vista it's
msinfo32.exe
From a command box

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:14 pm
by Psymon
Thanks Gecko :)

Re: Format and Reinstall

PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:42 am
by tier1ip
I would agree. I usually format/reinstall my machines every year. You'd be amazed at how fast they run. Even though it takes a few hours to reload everything, I usually end up saving time in the long run by not having to deal with headaches of the old config.

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Mike @ Tier 1 IP