What software can copy the whole hard drive with Operating System to DVD-R, and be able to "refresh

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Published on 2009-11-04T13:59:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 1:53 UTC
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What software can take a snapshot of a Win XP or Win 7 machine -- burning all files into a DVD-R, and then

be able to boot from that DVD-R
can restore the whole machine back to that state stored inside the DVD-R?

Maybe for Win XP, it is easier as the OS can be just 1 or 2GB on the hard drive, but for Win 7, a fresh installation is already 16GB on the hard drive, so it will need several DVD-R to take the snapshot? thanks.

(any of these software are open source?)

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