What he said but take it 1 step further to min down time. Ghost image. Had PC issues and on many occasion could not figure out what was wrong with my PC. Not a problem pop in my latest and greatest image and i'm up and running in 20 - 30 min flat. Literally all of my software and settings in windows is good to go. B/C my data is archived off the pc, i never worry about losing precious data. Ghost and go, done. Problem solved. Worked for me for a very long time......

Look into Norton Ghost, Arcronis True Image, DT Utilities PC Backup...etc.




Quote Originally Posted by CasadeWaffle View Post
reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows and you will be good to go. It's very easy and takes only 1-3 hours...stick in the windows cd and the rest is easy