| Windows 7: How roll back windows without reinstalling it. |
15 Jan 2013
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
How roll back windows without reinstalling it. I am tired of reinstalling Windows every time due to viruses and slow down on PC.
I read some where that there are softwares called 'disc imaging software' or something that can restore windows back to the way it was when it was installed (Freshly installed windows) .
Please suggest me a good software for this. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
16 Jan 2013
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#2 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
Windows 7 has it's own built-in imaging tool. Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
Some folks find this tool to be very limited in what it can do so they use other free imaging programs like: Macrium Paragon EaseUS Todo
And still others use the paid versions because of even greater versatility.
One scenario is to do a clean install of Windows 7, install an anti-virus suite of choice, and then install all Windows Updates. Once that's been done, make a system image and save it to an external hard drive. Install any other programs, applications, etc that you use and make a second system image. Then, set up a schedule that suits your needs for additional backups of only new user data and a schedule for additional system images.
I think most people recommend saving backups and images to an external hard drive just because they are more reliable than disks, they have a greater storage capacity, and in the long run it's cheaper to buy a 1TB external hard drive that an equal number of DVDs ( about 225 DVDs that are able store about 4.5GB per disk.) Also, if one disk fails to burn properly the entire set of backup or image disks becomes useless. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz Memory 8GB DDR3 Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 Sound Card IDT High Definition Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm Antivirus MSE Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup |
16 Jan 2013
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 25 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
16 Jan 2013
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
I see. Can you recommend me a linux distro that does the same as the above software (Macrium, Paragon) ? It should have both backup and restore features. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
16 Jan 2013
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#5 | | Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
All of the different variations of Linux such as Ubuntu, Knoppix, Mint, etc are operating systems just like XP, Vista, 7 and 8 are variations of Windows operating systems. I might be completely wrong on this but I don't believe any of the Linux distros incorporate a backup or imaging capability because of the many free software programs like Clonezilla, Macrium, Paragon, etc that are available. If I misunderstood your question my sincerest apology. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz Memory 8GB DDR3 Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 Sound Card IDT High Definition Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED Screen Resolution 1280x800 Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm Antivirus MSE Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup |
16 Jan 2013
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
Linux distro like Clonezilla and Ping 
Quote: Originally Posted by marsmimar All of the different variations of Linux such as Ubuntu, Knoppix, Mint, etc are operating systems just like XP, Vista, 7 and 8 are variations of Windows operating systems. I might be completely wrong on this but I don't believe any of the Linux distros incorporate a backup or imaging capability because of the many free software programs like Clonezilla, Macrium, Paragon, etc that are available. If I misunderstood your question my sincerest apology. I meant I want a recommendation of a cold backup linux distro like clonezilla, PING etc | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit |
17 Jan 2013
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
A quick google: Partimage
However, for imaging Windows OS I would recommend the suggestions made earlier. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 25 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
19 Jan 2013
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#8 | | Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win7 Home 32-bit |
Unless they updated it, and the last time I checked, they said they were NOT going to update it, PartImage (which PING uses) does not work with Ext4 filesystems -- which is the default filesystem that several Linux distros have used for years. Better solution in the Linux world (and the one I use) is Clonezilla. If you go to their website and do some reading, there is a way to install Clonezilla to your hard drive so you can boot from that, instead of having to burn a CD, or write a USB, and boot from that. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win7 Home 32-bit CPU AMD 4400/Intel 915 Motherboard ASUS/Intel Memory 2GB DDR 400 Graphics Card ATI X1600/Builtin Intel 915 Sound Card Bluegear B-Enspirer/Builtin sound Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 24" widescreen Screen Resolution 1920x1200/1024 x 768 How roll back windows without reinstalling it. problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:29 PM. | |