Stuart Noble wrote:

Isn't there some utility with a big numpty button saying, "create
bootable cd" to include OS, installed updates, address book, mail
folders and my docs? Slipstreaming and the rest are all too complicated
for the type of user that would benefit most.

Look at either Ghost or a virtualisation program then.

With ghost you can image a complete machine to a file. When you want to
restore to that known state, boot off the ghost CD and image the drive
from the file. That will deal with all user induced goofs, and all but
the most hardcore malware that bungs root kits into writeable bits of
flash on your motherboard.

If you want bombproof "go back to where I came from" technology, then
VMWare or one of the other technologies will do it.



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Cheers,

John.

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