Spring Cleaning

[alexd]

Well, its that time of the year and I am eyeing the old desktop ("Big Kahuna" the trusty Pentium Pro 200) and thinking that it is time to wipe the harddisks and start with a spring-fresh machine.

I have thought about doing this before, but have always cringed at the thought of deleting years of accumulated digital gunk.

But now the time has come.... I think.

Maybe I will back up the essential stuff and then wipe away....

hmmm

 

[Fir3start3r]

I'm thinking about cleaning all the winter stuff and krud outta the car...

 

[Michkey]

Originally posted by Fir3start3r
I'm thinking about cleaning all the winter stuff and krud outta the car...

Speak. Also time to get those snow tires off, which is always a good feeling... car feels so much smoother.

 

[poker face]

My roomates cleaned our loft last night and it actually looks like I can live in there again!

 

[Evil Dynovac]

Is it time to scrub the undies again!

Seems like only yesteryear.

 

[deep]

but the pc runs so much better after a reformat...

I do it every couple months

 

[alexd]

*wincing* here goes....

 

[deep]

waitaminute!!!


before you do it -

back up email files from your outlook express directory if that's important

backup cookies just to be safe

bookmarks

take a look at the various settings in your control panel and keep them in mind for when you reformat

take a good browse through your system to ensure you won't lose anything you'll miss in the reformat

 

[Silverback]

Gave my car a good cleaning yesterday, inside and out. That is why it is raining today!

 

[Balzz]

Originally posted by deep
take a good browse through your system to ensure you won't lose anything you'll miss in the reformat

Rule #1 of reformatting - you will always lose something you didn't think to backup.

 

[Ms. Fit]

ya, i have to clean out all the files on the hard drive on the school's computer network system and transfer them to a floppy disk before they delete an entire year of university brilliance (semi-sarcasm)...i'll get around to it after my last difficult exam on thursday.

 

[deep]

Originally posted by Balzz


Rule #1 of reformatting - you will always lose something you didn't think to backup.

Not me ! I've compiled a checklist of essential items from the many times I've reformatted, and my directory organization is such that all the key data I need is in the same spot.

 

[Jazz]

Originally posted by deep


Not me ! I've compiled a checklist of essential items from the many times I've reformatted, and my directory organization is such that all the key data I need is in the same spot.

 

[deep]

Originally posted by Jazz

w3rd! to make matters even worse, all the information is stored on my palm pilot

 

[miguel]

Originally posted by deep


w3rd! to make matters even worse, all the information is stored on my palm pilot

it's nice to know i'm not the biggest nerd here

 

[deep]

Originally posted by miguel


it's nice to know i'm not the biggest nerd here

I am the ubernerd

hitler's scientists performed experiments trying to create me