[Gondring]

Why is re-imaging better?

And won't this whole deal work only with dynamic IP assignment? (Sorry if dumb questions...not a computer professional here...)

[MikefromOhio]

reimaging allows you to not lose your information (documents, things you want to save, etc.), whereas reformating wipes EVERYTHING off of the hard drive and start with a clean slate...

[Tunehead54]

Re: Reimaging - I think the idea is that you get everything set up - your browser, email, etc. then image the drive. Then you can just restore the image with less work if you do indeeed format monthly.

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I think. ;-)

[TomServo]

You don't have to re-format/re-install anything. The image contains a copy of software/your preferred settings, etc. IOW - a computer setup just the way you want it - instead of going thru all the trouble of reformatting/reinstalling.
Of course - you'll have to reformat/install/setup the machine initially to create the image. But after that, it only takes 15-30 minutes to reimage and bang - it's setup just the way you like it. As far as my personal documents, etc - those reside on my server, which I back up to DVD once a week...