karlywarly
New Member
Hi Everyone,
Im hoping someone can help me here.
Im currently a system builder and ive just got into using the windows 7 opk for installing customized versions of windows 7 on my customers pc's.
I would like to have a recovery system in place similar to the big brands such as Dell and Acer for example that use a restore disc that totally wipes the pc if windows fails etc and the customer can then use the restore disc to put the pc back into the state it was when the customer recieved it (factory state).
I know that the big companies put a lot of money into R&D on these kind of things and i have looked into Norton Ghost and the Acronis brand but they either need the software installed on the operating system to be able to do a back up of the system or if running from a boot menu you still need the software to restore the system image.
Im looking really for a simple solution for a person who isnt very technical where they can restore the pc from a DVD that can be booted before windows that willl restore the pc to its factory state.
I was hoping that i could use a recovery system after i had used the sysprep fuction and shut down where once i had backed up the hard drive to disc the pc would always restore to that state when needed.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Im hoping someone can help me here.
Im currently a system builder and ive just got into using the windows 7 opk for installing customized versions of windows 7 on my customers pc's.
I would like to have a recovery system in place similar to the big brands such as Dell and Acer for example that use a restore disc that totally wipes the pc if windows fails etc and the customer can then use the restore disc to put the pc back into the state it was when the customer recieved it (factory state).
I know that the big companies put a lot of money into R&D on these kind of things and i have looked into Norton Ghost and the Acronis brand but they either need the software installed on the operating system to be able to do a back up of the system or if running from a boot menu you still need the software to restore the system image.
Im looking really for a simple solution for a person who isnt very technical where they can restore the pc from a DVD that can be booted before windows that willl restore the pc to its factory state.
I was hoping that i could use a recovery system after i had used the sysprep fuction and shut down where once i had backed up the hard drive to disc the pc would always restore to that state when needed.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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