Yes Nigel there is nothing like a good format,I do use anti virus as discussed on here Norton which helps me with the amount of downloading I doOriginally Posted by nigel
I use a firewall and nothing else...if me comp gets a virus I just restore it like new...it's good to do that now and then cause comps get clogged up with c**p anyway! I don't bother with virus protection it makes the comps processor work hard...slowing the comp down almost as much as a virus would.As long as you save your wanted files to external memory there's nothing to worry about...if you get a problem just restore your pc like new..!
And before we get the "Norton is crap", its not anything like it was before totally re-written and doesent slow my pc down to any noticable extent.
I too back up all pics, movies and songs,in fact nothing much stored on my c-drives its all on f and I drives and the odd dvd
Not done a fomat since feb i'm getting withdrawl symtoms
Must admit ever since buying windows 7,using norton and window washer my pc has been great,nothing like the old xp days
