It was inevitable

[Gunner]

As with any windows OS I ever had, I would have to reformat and reinstall just to keep it running smoothly.  So far I have been using Win7 for over a year (the longest without a reinstall) but, sad to say I have to do the reinstall..

[Vortex]

Hi Gunner,

Why not to use a disc imaging program? You don't to reinstall everything if you a have a backup of your system partition. Also, you should consider using portable applications having much more less or no impact on the registry.

[Gunner]

Disk image? I will look into that next time..  In the middle of setup now

[Vortex]

Hi Gunner,

Have a look at this thread :

Disc Imaging Software