Quote Originally Posted by bradlesliect View Post

System restore is turned off. I dont like to use it cos you get mem resident viruses.
True, but it has saved my bacon on so many PCs compared to the few that have had virus/malware infections, that I swear by it. Of course all those restore points go away when you have to disable it to clean out a virus, but it's been worth having on and getting a "do over!" on many a PC.

Man, I don't know. I do reinstall from time to time, but not as any part of a general maintenance program. Usually I hose something from tinkering, but my gaming PC at home hasn't been reinstalled in quite some time.


Try another HDD if you have a spare.