Formating Comps

Ito_^ SG

formating my comp.. do u feel very anxious when u format ur comp? every time i format very xin jing dan tiao. Confused fingers oso feel weak, every screen muz read trice before continuing, when it says delete? really delete? really really delete!? den suddenly piak! wtf!?

scary shyte. anyone else oso dat nervous? Shocked

FireIce SG

since u are going to wipe out everything liao, still scared wat?

Ito_^ SG

dunnoe leh maybe scared wipe out wrong thing

Parka SG

Luckily I have a big back-up harddisk. But will feel very irritated because have to install applications back again.

Ito_^ SG

same.. i remember when i don't have it, nor laptops, everytime format like heartbreak like dat. comp spoil will fall into semi-depression. Laughing

Ito_^ SG

omfg my computer now stalled at the screen where it shows bios n cpu info.. wtf happened!? i juz finished format den it reboot den stucked le.. i reboot still stuck there.

chanff8 SG

Just let it be... Sometimes Windows reformat can take like half an hour before the screen moves on Laughing

Ito_^ SG

it moved one screen ahead after 30 mins. and stuck there. wtf!? Shocked is this supposed to be normal? i turned off on several times juz now leh, will it cause any probs?

digicharat SG

i have a cd which contains all my neccessary software. just need to install everything in the cd can liao. Laughing
and i have a backup hard disk which i can move all my stuff into it before formatting.

thoreldan SG

good practise is to partition your hdd...one for OS + application, the other for your data.

never fails me with this method

seow SG

+1

All my bao bei stuff in the other partition. Laughing

Xcert SG

U are lucky that U havent had a HDD failure...then this partition method wouldnt work...but better than dun have lar... Laughing Mr. Green

Ito_^ SG

its still booting after 1 hr. Shocked im getting real worried now.

Xcert SG

no.
things that I dun want would not be there after format...
things that I want...still wouldnt be there after format...
so why anxious?

sohguanh SG

good practise is to partition your hdd...one for OS + application, the other for your data.

The problem with some software is they tend to install their dll or some other shared files into the OS partition (usually assume to be C:\) or whatever drive the OS is installed in. This 'contaminate' the OS partition.

So just do a copy of the software into the application partition will not work after reformatting. You need to reinstall those software to get back those dll and shared files. Data files will have no such problem.

The safest way is to ghost it using Norton Ghost. A heavily used software for backup purposes. It is like doing a byte by byte copy.

Mr. Green

Ito_^ SG

how???? its still loading!!! Crying or Very sad

Ito_^ SG

i think i know why le. becuz its trying to get past my various usb devices. hope this helps other ppl. stupid microsoft.

ditzy SG

Don't worry, formatting is just a reflash, not a reflex or monsterpack. Laughing

dark_snowboy SG

damn it just switch off your com and reformat again