many time installing windows bad or no ?

HOGRNAHRO · 23 Dec 2013

whether many time installing windows
1- bad for hard drive . yes or no ?
2- why bad for hard drive ?

Ranger4 · 23 Dec 2013

I can't see that installing Windows frequently would cause any problems with a hard drive.

If you install it correctly you really should not need to reinstall it.

Golden · 23 Dec 2013

HOGRNAHRO said:

whether many time installing windows
1- bad for hard drive . yes or no ?

No

HOGRNAHRO said:

2- why bad for hard drive ?

Not applicable

whs · 23 Dec 2013

That is no problem. A reinstallation is no more strain then running any other program.

But why would you want to reinstall frequently - Because of the 30 day activation limit ??

gregrocker · 23 Dec 2013

Once you get a perfect install as shown in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
then save a Win7 backup image so you never have to reinstall again.

This is the modern way to handle reinstalls.

whs · 23 Dec 2013

Greg, I think he has another reason for frequent reinstalls.

HOGRNAHRO · 24 Dec 2013

thanks a lot for all response

Layback Bear · 24 Dec 2013

Answering post #4 by whs would be quite helpful.

Britton30 · 24 Dec 2013

The rearms will run out I think then it's a 3 day deadline to activate anyway.

Crucial told me OS installs can cause degradation of a SSD.

whs · 24 Dec 2013

Crucial told me OS installs can cause degradation of a SSD.

Hmm, how would that be different to any other R/W operations. I really doubt that the SSD would be seriously damaged. It may shorten the lifecycle a bit because of the amount of R/W operations during an install.