How roll back windows without reinstalling it.


  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit
       #1

    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.
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  2. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #2

    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.
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  3. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
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  4. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    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.
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  5. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #5

    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.
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  6. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Linux distro like Clonezilla and Ping


    marsmimar said:
    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
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  7. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #7

    A quick google:

    Partimage

    However, for imaging Windows OS I would recommend the suggestions made earlier.
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  8. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #8

    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.
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