Time between re-installs

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I realize that this would vary greatly depending on usage, adding and removing programs, etc. but, does anyone have a general time frame before general OS degredation? I am especially interested with regards to laptops. My current, and first W2K install (now SP3) is 21months old. 4 hours after a motherboard change I got my FIRST blue screen (related to a power issue) I picked it up by a corner, then 4 hours later another related to a corrupt hibernation file. I didn’t get another for six weeks (two days ago) until my USB hub power supply died and my scanner driver needed a reinstall with a replacement hub. Am I cruising for a rebuild in the near future or just dissappointed with a broken no blue screen streak?

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Generally I have to reinstall Win2k every 6-8 months.

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When you think is is necessary. I have several Win2k PCs at work that have not been re-loaded in over 20 months. They are just fine. It just depends.

Joe

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It depends how you use your computer and how often you perform cleanups (cleaning temp folders, temporary internet cache, jar chache, recycle bin and defragmenting your drives). Once I saw extremly slow performing machine – it has 7 GB of temp files and 64% disk fragmentation…

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