<div>
Hi Shahzoor,<br />
<br />
I figured Acronis would have something like this. &nbsp;We'll see if they have a trial version and give it a shot. &nbsp;It's a little more hands-on than &quot;boot from USB drive and come back in an hour&quot; but it's better than what we've been doing.<br />
<br />
Thanks again!
</div>


Hi Shahzoor,

I figured Acronis would have something like this.  We'll see if they have a trial version and give it a shot.  It's a little more hands-on than "boot from USB drive and come back in an hour" but it's better than what we've been doing.

Thanks again!

<div>
Thanks! We'll check this out
</div>


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Hello all,<br />
<br />
We're looking for a way to speed-up our format/reinstall process for our clients. Ideal situation would be us loading a program on to a bootable USB drive, plugging it in to the computer, and waiting for the initial Windows greeting to show up. &nbsp;We're thinking something like having this program/unattended install copy the existing files on to a network location, format the hard drive, reinstall whatever OS (likely Win7), and then go grab the files that were copied on to the network and put them back where they used to exist with the exception of the infected files, of course. &nbsp;Does any critter exist like this? <br />
<br />
Thanks!<br />
-DD
</div>
</div>


Hello all,

We're looking for a way to speed-up our format/reinstall process for our clients. Ideal situation would be us loading a program on to a bootable USB drive, plugging it in to the computer, and waiting for the initial Windows greeting to show up.  We're thinking something like having this program/unattended install copy the existing files on to a network location, format the hard drive, reinstall whatever OS (likely Win7), and then go grab the files that were copied on to the network and put them back where they used to exist with the exception of the infected files, of course.  Does any critter exist like this? 

Thanks!
-DD

Automated reimaging of workstations

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.