Most prebuilt/OEM systems I've seen come with a system restore partition, or a utility that will let you make a set of restore disks. For any system I get rid of (personal, or business) I run Kill ...

Q: In late 2009, I purchased a computer from a store giving deals on Vista computers with a promise of upgrade disks to Windows 7. I later received the disks and installed Windows 7. Now after years ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...