System recovery image, & formatting

MikeF

I remember a while back there was a thread that had a tool that could take an image of a freshly formated system and store it for future uses to avoid having to do total reformat, cant seem to remember what it was called, anyone got a clue?

and while i'm at it, doing a reformat this afternoon, anyone got suggestions for must have tools, system diagnosis apps ect, for a fresh system?

Ben Apuna

I don't think it's what you're looking for but I remember pior recommending Deep Freeze which seems related and rather nifty.

EDIT:

Might have been this thread.

MikeF

thats the one, thanks Ben!

DataCain

About a month ago I came up with a list for a new image.
I have a few more apps in a folder at home that I plan on testing before adding to the list. I have been planning to investigate virtualising some of the apps and Deep freezing.

Anyway, here is the list as it currently stands;

[size=+1]OS Updates and AV [/size]
Windows 7 SP1
MS Security Essentials

[size=+1]Utilities[/size]
HashTab
CCleaner
File Assassin
Glary Utilities
VMWare
TrueCrypt
KeePass
7-zip


[size=+1]Runtimes [/size]
Java
Adobe AIR
.NET Framework
Flash - IE
Flash - Other Browsers


[size=+1]Web Browsers and Networking [/size]
Chrome
Fire Fox
Browser plugins.
FileZilla
WinSCP
Putty
Silverlight


[size=+1]Documents [/size]
office\OneNote
Adobe Acrobat
ConTEXT


[size=+1]CD, DVD and ISO tools [/size]
IMGburn
Virtual Clone Drive

[size=+1]Messaging [/size]
Windows Live Essentials (Mail MSN)
Skype

[size=+1]File Sharing \ Backup [/size]
Deluge
PeerBlock
Dropbox

[size=+1]Games [/size]
Steam

[size=+1]Media players \ Codecs[/size]
Winamp
VLC
Mediaplayer Classic
iTunes
QuickTime

CCCP (nice codec pack)