System Restore

[ToiletDuck]

Ok I know that Windows XP has a system restore point option. But that doesn't actually do what I want. I'm tired of having to reformatt and reinstall windows. Is there a program or some way that I can set a restore point right after I install and then when I get my computer all clustered up I can just load that and go back to that point and it will delete any programs I had installed since then and such? I mean basically make it like I had just reformatted and installed XP again without having to do so.

[KraziKid]

Originally posted by ToiletDuck
Ok I know that Windows XP has a system restore point option. But that doesn't actually do what I want. I'm tired of having to reformatt and reinstall windows. Is there a program or some way that I can set a restore point right after I install and then when I get my computer all clustered up I can just load that and go back to that point and it will delete any programs I had installed since then and such? I mean basically make it like I had just reformatted and installed XP again without having to do so.

To do this you would use an imaging program. The most common ones are Ghost, DriveImage, and Acronis True Image. My personal reccomendation is Ghost 2003. I recently converted from DriveImage because Ghost 2003 came with Norton Systemworks 2003 Pro. I never tried Ghost before because the Personal editions before 2003 did not have full NTFS support (they on;y could read, but not write). Since I switched, I doubt I will switch back.