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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
That's why I said it depends.
For me personally, there's nothing mission critical on my home PCs so I don't need a system image. If I ever experience a motherboard failure, all I need after a fresh Windows install is to install Microsoft Office (plus a few other programs), restore my PortableApps backup, install Dropbox and I'm up and running. No complicated dev environment or tweaks. No games, even.
Mind, I have a copy of app installers, software license/registration/activation codes and Windows updates (wsusupdate) on the NAS.
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I'm in the same boat. While I have never experienced a total system crash or disk failure, I've changed my computers several times. All my important data, installers, activation codes, even descriptions of a few important customizations are backed up, in Dropbox and on external drives. I don't need every tiny detail on my devices backed up.