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Pretty sure I'm running a Windows 10 install (MBR, not even EUFI) from 2016 or so... making this the longest OS installation I've had. Not sure if OS swaps like

Pretty sure I'm running a Windows 10 install (MBR, not even EUFI) from 2016 or so... making this the longest OS installation I've had. Not sure if OS swaps like Windows' new update mechanism likes to do count as a fresh install. Once SSDs became the norm, Windows rot has practically disappeared. The difference between boot time now and initial install time has risen by seconds, not minutes, and usability is immediate when the desktop loads.

pjc50 5y ago
Yes. Monthly reinstalls used to be somewhat necessary back in the Win95 era, and even into 7 there were some long-running corruption issues (Windows Update itself was a particular offender, as the list of updates grew it got less efficient), but 10 seems to have finally fixed this.