Originally Posted by dizzy
Whenever I have to do a wipe and reinstall, I back up my entire application data folder. There is always something I forget to back up otherwise.
One of these days, I'm going to save an image of my HD to an external drive right after a clean install of my OS and apps (MS office, etc.) so that restores (as in format the HD and reinstall) will be quicker.
Do it now. And do it again when you have a new PC.
Imaging is a miracle.