I have always been a fan of programs that can restore a PC in the event of a disaster such as corruptions and virus attacks or just software you cannot be bothered to uninstall. There is a major piece of software out there called Rollback RX that does exactly that. Unlike Windows restore, you can choose to restore or exclude certain files from being restored in an emergency. Windows restore has the idea that if you have a problem, it can restore everything including out of date documents and not restore anything new since the restore point was made – this is highly annoying, especially if you have spent hours writing a document and then the computer fails and needs a restore.
Rollback RX and Comodo Time Machine are very different in the approach, it creates a restore point when ever you need it to and the restoring of a computer can take as little as a few seconds. I have set my computer to make a backup which again only takes a second to complete during every boot up – i can also make a backup when i am installing software etc. The good thing is that when i need to restore, i just press restore, choose a point to restore it to and then reboot – once the computer comes back online its at exactly the same point i need it to be and with the technology that is used i can restore all documents etc from before i needed to restore.
This process has many great delights which i am very pleased with and for a long time i was using Rollback RX – but recently found that my favourite company “Comodo” also recently brought out a product that does exactly the same thing but is completely free called “Time Machine”. This product is totally fantastic and i love it to bits, i can literally not worry about my computers health as much as i would have if the program was not around. It literally can prolong the life of a copy of windows and if you are like me and enjoy trying out new software all the time – you’ll know that the computer can get clogged and prone to slow downs and even viruses – but with this program, you can reset your computer after any period of time back to the very first snap shot and the computer will be back to exactly how you like it before messing around with it. 
if you are interested in Comodo Time Machine then please check out http://www.comodo.com for more information – trust me – if you use it, you’ll never look back
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Hello Mr. Weightman,
My name is Arie, I lived in Jakarta, Indonesia. I am also a fan of system recovery software. Unfortunately, Rollback RX is a paid software, and it’s an expensive. When I started using Windows 7, I’ve found that Comodo Time Machine (CTM) was already in Final Version.
If you are a fan of programs that can restore a PC, do you have any alternatives besides Rollback RX and CTM ? – Just to collect some information which I didn’t know.
Thanks,
Arie EP
Hi Arie, There are a number of programs on the market that have different ways of recovering or protecting the system. There are programs that range from doing complete or incrental backups to boot up protection. So far Comodo Time Machine and Rollback RX are identical in every respect as to what they do and what they offer – they only differ in there interface design. I think if you are after a good program then CTM is the best option i have found so far. I would always recommend doing a major backup however atleast a few times a year. Developers such as Paragon for a nice back up program that can backup your hard drive to an external drive and can be restored at a later date. Some of the other programs which do boot protection are Norton Goback but that is no longer kept up to date and i doubt will work with Win7. There is also “Disk Write Copy” but i have not used it and can not say if it is any good or not.
There are many programs that can keep the machine in a frozen state too so they cannot be altered during boot up – such as “Faronics Deep Freeze” but i personally dont like that style of program on a home computer – that type is best suited to a workstation based computer.