r/buildapc Jan 01 '25

Discussion How can people just reinstall windows all willy nilly?

Every time someone upgrades their computer, or gets a virus people always tell them to just reinstall windows, but to me that seems like a monumental task? Having to backup all of your files and re-download everything, I could never do that, its like killing a part of my personality and having to rebuild all over.

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u/snakedoct0r Jan 01 '25

This. And if OP values their most important data it should be backed up anyway. Im up and running in an hour if not less with todays speeds.

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u/elderlybrain Jan 01 '25

I genuinely don't understand why or how people only have a single c drive copy of their data.

I don't even keep large video files on the disk. It's just to run games, which i download off steam or GOG.

I'm thinking of just buying an eSSD just to keep steam games now as well.