Tired of Installing Your OS?

[GhastMaster]

If you frequently format your harddrive and install your operating system like I do, then you should consider the following. I recently ran across a couple programs(<span style="color:#FF0000">FREEWARE!) that allow me to copy the information on my harddrive and save that image to a file, kind of like a cd/dvd .iso file. I can install my OS(Windows), update my drivers, and install my basic programs. Then I use Self Image to take an image of my harddrive and store it for later on my backup hdd. If my system starts getting spyware, adware, or is loading slow I can fix it without going through the hassle of installing windows. I simply delete the partition that my OS is on, create a new partition, then boot up with Bart PE, run Self Image and write the HDD image to the HDD. Now I have a fresh fully functional OS again, with programs and drivers!

Here's how:

Go to these two websites and read.

• Bart PE<>
  
• Self Image<>
  [st]Then download the following.
  • PE Builder(link does not auto d/l)<>
    
  • Self Image for Bart PE(link does not auto d/l)<>
    [st]Restoration is another program that is good to have on a boot disk. It recovers a lot of deleted files if they haven't been written over.