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Hi guys!
I changed my mobo, cpu, psu and gpu recently but i kept the same hard disk without formatting it. I built the pc and it runs fine so far, but a friend of mine told me that a format is needed. Is that true? I don't want to format cuz it's a lot of work..I run win7 32bit btw..

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Format is sometimes if your changing... if not it can cause some conflicts and crashes with your drives. Yes its recommended to reformat

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32bit Windows? You really should format.. What CPU were you running before the upgrade?

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Hi guys!

I changed my mobo, cpu, psu and gpu recently but i kept the same hard disk without formatting it. I built the pc and it runs fine so far, but a friend of mine told me that a format is needed. Is that true? I don't want to format cuz it's a lot of work..I run win7 32bit btw..

If it were me I would reformat and start fresh. Just make sure you back up your stuff. ;)

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cpu g550 to i3 3250........nvidia gt 610 to hd 7790........mobo: gigabyte to asus same socket 1155.........same ram 4gb

That was still 64bit.. Why did you installl 32bit? The keys work in both ones.

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That was still 64bit.. Why did you installl 32bit? The keys work in both ones.

before the upgrade i ran 32 bit even with 4gb.....after the upgrade i did not format so i kept the same os...i was not aware of the ram issue with 4 or more gb until recently...

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If it works alright, reinstall isn't needed. But as others, I would highly suggest installing 64bit system. It takes more out or 64bit cpus, even if your ram is just 4gb.

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