Re-install XP as maintenance

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Tony Luxton

Hello group, thanks for reading. Previous versions of Windows tended to
respond well to a fresh re-install every year or so (depending on usage, of
course), but what's the general consensus of opinion on doing this with XP?

XP's a good OS IMHO, so does it need it?
Would it run any better?
Or are there maybe reasons against it that I haven't thought of?
Or is it just personal preference?

I'm assuming, of course, that it's a well-maintained system, using the
built-in tools (defrag, disk cleanup, Adaware, Spybot S&D, etc.).

Regards, Tony.
 
Tony said:
Hello group, thanks for reading. Previous versions of Windows tended to
respond well to a fresh re-install every year or so (depending on usage, of
course), but what's the general consensus of opinion on doing this with XP?

XP's a good OS IMHO, so does it need it?
Would it run any better?
Or are there maybe reasons against it that I haven't thought of?
Or is it just personal preference?

I'm assuming, of course, that it's a well-maintained system, using the
built-in tools (defrag, disk cleanup, Adaware, Spybot S&D, etc.).

Regards, Tony.
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No reason to reinstall an OS that works just fine. Unless the OS got
corrppted by a virus or something.
 
Tony said:
Hello group, thanks for reading. Previous versions of Windows tended
to respond well to a fresh re-install every year or so (depending on
usage, of course), but what's the general consensus of opinion on
doing this with XP?
XP's a good OS IMHO, so does it need it?

No.


Would it run any better?

No.


Or are there maybe reasons against it that I haven't thought of?

No.


Or is it just personal preference?


No.


I'm assuming, of course, that it's a well-maintained system, using the
built-in tools (defrag, disk cleanup, Adaware, Spybot S&D, etc.).
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That's what's critical, of course. If the system is well-maintained, there
is no reason to ever prophylactically reinstall Windows. That's true of
Windows XP, and itr was true of every previous version of Windows. I've run
them all since 3.0 and I've never reinstalled any of them.
 
Dunno what a "fresh install" is. A dirty install or reinstall of a current
XP installation does nothing if its working okay to begin with. The
registry and other things still has garbage in that case.
 
Tony said:
Hello group, thanks for reading. Previous versions of Windows tended to
respond well to a fresh re-install every year or so (depending on usage, of
course),....
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Not if properly maintained, to start with...
but what's the general consensus of opinion on doing this with XP?

XP's a good OS IMHO, so does it need it?
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Not if the computer user knows how to properly maintain the computer
and software installed thereon.

Would it run any better?
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It would run better than an improperly maintained OS, sure, but not
better than a peroperly maintained machine.

Or are there maybe reasons against it that I haven't thought of?
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Periodically reinstalling the OS and applications is a huge waste of time.

Or is it just personal preference?
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Mostly, and the influence of hearsay from uninformed/inexperienced sources.

I'm assuming, of course, that it's a well-maintained system, using the
built-in tools (defrag, disk cleanup, Adaware, Spybot S&D, etc.).
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In that case, there's be absolutely no need to periodically reinstall
the OS.


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