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"Format time"

Going to do a format sometime in the next week and i'm not looking forward to it, i know that i am going to forget something like i did last time (my dissertation and my 3rd year 3d project), but i need a clean system so i can check some slow performance i'm getting in some of the newer games (DODs and BW2)

I keep putting it off every day :(

God damn it, just transfered 11gig to my zen touch as backup files and then thought to myself, hmm i better check this will come back off.

'Cannot read device' thank god i didn't delete the originals or format, i went to the creative forums and they just say 'Never use the zen to store important data'

why the feck would i put it on there if it wasn't important!!!

ordered a new usb lead in the hopes that this ones fault but if not i'm going to just do it to DVD but it would be better beng able to keep a constant backup on my zen adn update it now and then.

It could be USB hard drive time.

Hmmm, I suppose I have sort of formatted it twice. Once to install XP over a year ago and about 3 months later when I put a huge drive in for the main-drive/C:.

Nah windows update takes care of most of the old problems that required formats these days.

But the issue with many many pograms being uninstalled and reinstalled can cause slow down.

It does tend to happen though, especially if you install/uninstall loads of applications on the machine.

The Windows registry gets all beefy and annoying.

Oh it's for games.

I remember someone saying the drive needs formatting every-so-often otherwise Windows goes really bad, can't say that's happened to me though.

From what i can tell though you don't install a lot of games and stuff on your PC due to it's specs and yu not needing them.

It's my own fault really as i haven't formatted in over a year and in that time i've done a lot on here and installed many many different programs. i defrag once ever 2 weeks but i think there are too many just left over pieces on my system from previous installs.

Chippxero wrote:
> You can back them up by going through the steam options.
>
> file backup then pick all the stuff you want to keep, i'd suggest
> CSS, DODS and HL2 as the lost coast s due in a few weeks so HL2 is
> needed.

Thanks, that might make me doing a format soon a little easier.

I never format.

Everything seems fine...

*Runs*

You can back them up by going through the steam options.

file > backup then pick all the stuff you want to keep, i'd suggest CSS, DODS and HL2 as the lost coast s due in a few weeks so HL2 is needed.

What happens with the likes of steam when you format?

Do you have to re-download the games you want to play or is there a way to keep them on another drive and copy them over when you re-install?