Restore my netbook to original condition.

[processor]

As the title says, I want to restore my netbook to its original condition.
I have a fully working N150 which is only a few weeks old with Windows 7 Starter and all other partitions in place as new (including the recovery partition).
I want to experiment with some Linux distributions and not worry too much about keeping any of the previous contents on the HDD.
Eventually I would like to restore the N150 back to its original condition with Windows 7 etc.

My question is really this : what do I need to backup so that I can restore fully in the future ? Is it just the recovery partition ?

Any help / advice / thoughts appreciated.

P.

[SammySupportTech]

Image your entire drive before messing about. Using Ghost, Clonzilla or similar tool.
Back this up to an external drive. After that feel free to play at will!

[processor]

Thanks for response. I understand I can image the whole drive, but what is the minimum I can get away with ?
(assuming I want to restore it to ‘as new’ condition).

[JohnP]

Processor,
It’s either do that now or later. By that I mean do a restore now from the recovery and then image the drive as SammySupportTech suggests for a ‘Factory Fresh’ image. Or! Image now and do the recovery later. If you image now you will have the installs you have now. Your option…. 😉 JohnP

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