I just checked, the free version only allows 7 snapshots- but with careful management, it can be done- I only use manual snapshots- turn off ‘snapshots when starting’ or whatever it’s called, and just do manual snapshots when needed- like after doing windows updates, I’ll do a snapshot, then after a week or so delete the previous snapshot if everything looks ok and the update didn’t break anything-
What I did was replaced my hard-drive- installed windows, updated windows, and did a snapshot right away- then installed software, (things like photoshop, dvd software etc) got them all updated, and did another snapshot- that was years ago- still have those two snapshots incase I ever want to get back to a clean install of windows and basic software- all it would take is rolling the system back- would take about 3-4 minutes or so- and system is restored to a nice clean state- no reformatting- no reinstalling htings etc- (I likely won’t want to do this as I’d lose lots of other things like bookmarks, site login passwords, etc etc etc- but if I had to it’s there to go back to)
Then I just do snapshots whenever I do something like install new software to try- if the software really mucks up computer, I just do a goback- no worries-
I’ll go for several months without doing any snapshots, and then do a rollback to my last snapshot several months ago- this way incase my computer picked up a virus, or some files get corrupted or whatever, it goes back to a known good state- then I’ll update the snapshot to a more current time right after I did the rollback
Sounds kinda complicated, but it’s not really- Basically what I’ve done is kept the computer clean to a known good time by always using the same snapshot when I rollback the system (Immediately after the rollback, I’ll update any necessary stuff like Silverlight, flash or whatever, and immediately do another snapshot before I start using the internet much- so it’s like going back to the previous snapshot, doing a few quick updates, and updating the snapshot to a more recent snapshot
Hard ot explain I guess- but easy to do
Makes a lot of sense. I’ll try the home version.