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Best free system imaging program?

143999143999 MY FIRST BLASTERbig grip for little handsRegistered User regular
edited December 2011 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
So I'm about to do a nuke and pave on a home system that's been acting up, and it occurs to me that I should get something that'll spit out a "final" version of my clean installed OS/drivers/basic programs/etc. on command once I finish installing them. I'm not familiar enough with the options to make an informed decision - any suggestions?

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  • FoomyFoomy Registered User regular
    is it win7?

    if so windows built in system backup works very well, just go to control panel->backup and restore-> create a system image. than when you want to restore from this just insert a windows disk and select windows restore, than restore from your backup.

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  • finalflight89finalflight89 Registered User regular
    Restoring a full system image won't fix any software problems you've been having... are you sure you want to format and put the same image back on?

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu ___________PIGEON _________San Diego, CA Registered User regular
    No, he's going to format and make an image of the new, clean system so that in the future he can just restore the image rather than formatting and reinstalling.

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  • GrobianGrobian Registered User regular
    I always recommend DriveSnapshot, it's a very small tool and does what it should. It is kinda old but still very much functional under Windows 7. Restoring a complete drive needs a bootable DOS medium, though.

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  • bowenbowen Registered User regular
    http://clonezilla.org/

    I've always had the best results with clonezilla.

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