Windows installs

[redisforever]

How many times have you had to re-install Windows?
I just had to, well, not had to, but decided to.

I guess this is a question for the slightly more 'techy' people, because I have friends who still use 2000, because they don't know how to upgrade, and don't want to.

 

[Marter]

Um...never.

I always end up getting a new computer before having to upgrade. And it has never broken to the point of having to do a system overhaul.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

A lot. I'm in IT courses, so we set up a lot of virtual machines that we need to install an OS on.

 

[theComposer]

Um...never.

I always end up getting a new computer before having to upgrade. And it has never broken to the point of having to do a system overhaul.

Pretty much this. Windows has never given me enough trouble to require a reinstall. In fact, the only time I've seen the Blue Screen of Death on my computer is when it was my screensaver for a while.

 

[redisforever]

A lot. I'm in IT courses, so we set up a lot of virtual machines that we need to install an OS on.

Do you ever purposefully break Windows? I do, but only if I find an old laptop in the garbage, I fix it, and see how much Windows can handle before it dies.

 

[Antari]

How many times have you had to re-install Windows?
I just had to, well, not had to, but decided to.

I guess this is a question for the slightly more 'techy' people, because I have friends who still use 2000, because they don't know how to upgrade, and don't want to.

I only need to reinstall new versions of windows. I have mirrors of base installations on backup drives so I can get back up and running quickly if I end up mangling a system. I usually refresh every 2 years weather the system needs it or not.

 

[Andy03]

I'm going to have to do a reinstall in a few days. Well it's a install as I going to install it to a new hard drive. Stupid old refurbished hard drive.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

A lot. I'm in IT courses, so we set up a lot of virtual machines that we need to install an OS on.

Do you ever purposefully break Windows? I do, but only if I find an old laptop in the garbage, I fix it, and see how much Windows can handle before it dies.

No. I don't really want to have to set up one of the VMs again, and I need them for classes, so...

 

[redisforever]

A lot. I'm in IT courses, so we set up a lot of virtual machines that we need to install an OS on.

Do you ever purposefully break Windows? I do, but only if I find an old laptop in the garbage, I fix it, and see how much Windows can handle before it dies.

No. I don't really want to have to set up one of the VMs again, and I need them for classes, so...

Ah, makes sense.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Well over 2000 times.

But its my job, so... not a big deal.

 

[iblis666]

ive reinstalled it several times when a family member downloads a virus it is just easier since its not like there is anything on my comp i care to keep

 

[octafish]

On occasion, I do, I've gone 5 years since re-installing XP and I've only had 7 running for about 13 months. I keep a pretty tight leash on how bloated they get. I need to re-install XP again as I just upgraded to Sandy Bridge, I'm contemplating just building an XP box for legacy games. I would in an instant if I could find a resonably priced DVI KVM switch.

 

[MisterGobbles]

Had to reinstall twice, once on my old computer when a virus pretty much wiped Windows from the computer, and once on my family computer when my brother managed to get it infected with a virus a mere two weeks after we got the damn thing. The Windows Vista logo no longer appears when I start it up.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Many times, the last time was due to the acquisition of a new 1TB HDD. Most of the time I don't need to re-install; I just like to keep my installs running smooth and fresh when I upgrade hardware and whatnot.

 

[mrdude2010]

i've repartitioned my hard drive a few times so every time.

also once i had to reinstall it because it kept bluescreening

 

[Hashime]

I have upgraded from Vista to 7 once, 95 to 98 a few times, and 2000 to xp 3 times.
Normally I just Boot and Nuke the drive and start from scratch.

 

[infohippie]

Erm, well... do you mean just for my own personal use? Or are you including favours for friends as well as work-related installs? Including unattended and semi-unattended installs? And how far back? If you include every install I've ever done since Windows 3.1, that's... a lot. Several thousand, anyway. Figure on at least fifty a month on average for the last ten years, and probably five or six a month for the ten years before that.

EDIT: If you mean just installs of my own personal machine, that's still probably nearly a hundred over the years.