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Saifallofjmr · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject:

Then reformatting would be gibberish too.

Cryoma · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject:

Ok, this thread has enough fail for one day.

Saifallofjmr · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject:

Anarchy · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

Did you know that there is a big blue juice stain on my carpet?

Thanitos · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

Well shit....I said one thing and no one shot me down and I still call it fail.......See your "logical" comparison of an engine and a hard drive are off. We are not asking someone to take there computer apart and rebuild it from the ground up. It is not hard to reformat, I could pull up 1k+ google links that will show you 100% step by step how to do it, Rebuilding a car engine takes skill and time, clicking a few steps from a boot up CD is not brain science, you just need to pull your head out of your ass for 50 seconds to see what your doing.

Anarchy · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject:

Saifallofjmr · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject:

Cryoma · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject:

Reformatting doesn't even take long if you use a custom repack of your OS.
There are versions of XP that install just the bare essentials, which takes no longer than half an hour, versus the full install in like 5 hours.
If you think about it, this could be a lot easier than spending 3 hours finding a decent support forum, asking why your wireless adapter isn't working, waiting for a response, getting asked for a more detailed explanation, posting a report from a system checking app, trying 5-10 different suggestions, and two days later you give up and reformat anyway.

Thanitos · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Slugsnack · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:

just to clear something up.. reformatting does not necessarily solve all problems including virus related problems. some viruses can stay even past a format

Polynomial · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject:

Because they're asking how to fix the problem, not how to bypass the problem.

Formatting should be a last resort. If fixing the problem only takes an hour or so, why waste all that time and effort reformatting and re-installing all your applications?

Nobody who asks how to fix stupid issues will know how to use a repack. They'll probably not know how to re-install properly either, which is likely to cause more problems.

The two problems are that idiots aren't searching Google for basic stuff, and when someone does post a legitimate question, people just post "reinstall windows".

Cryoma · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject:

Saifallofjmr · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Polynomial · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject:

The only way a virus can stay after a reformat is if it sits resident on a removable drive, then you execute it manually. You're basically re-installing the virus in that case.

You can get viruses that infect the BIOS. Despite that, BIOS viruses are practically non-existant these days. There's only been one that I know of in the last 10 years.

Cryoma · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: