After many years as my main operating platform, I’ve just fitted a new hard drive into my PC to replace my years old Windows 2000 Pro installation with Windows XP Pro.
I used to be a junkie for trying out new software to see what could improve my computing experience or just make it a bit more fun. The years of endless installing, uninstalling and hardware upgrades had left an enterprise-level operating system a bit flaky to say the least. Occasional freezing, without any warning and followed by 20 minutes of Scandisk, was one of the factors that convinced me to take the plunge to start afresh and ensure I was using NTFS (no more Scandisk, hoorah!)
Effectively rebuilding my computing environment also gives me a chance to declutter and not reinstall those applications that I really didn’t use.
With most of my essential software now installed, I’m going to be digging up my copy of Drive Image so I can take a snapshot of my Windows installation and revert back to it should I get neck-deep in clutter again. Hopefully , I won’t need to because I’ll be a bit more choosy about what I install, but there’s always something new to try… 
Technorati Tags: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Decluttering
Hi Will,
check out http://www.setupstudio.net, it could help you change the experience you had
Hey George,
The software looks very usefuland at a great price too! It looks like it’s primarily for automating the installation of a fresh Windows OS. Is that right? I’m wanting more of an imaging tool so I can take a snapshot of my entire set-up including installed applications.
Thanks for your suggestion.