Another reason Indy and I recommend virtualization:
Restoring to bare metal SUCKS [censored]. Just re-install the host OS and copy over a few files and DONE. You have restored. No more screwing around with drivers and praying.
JamesNT
Amen brother. We work from a set of baseline images, that we update every so often. I haven't done a Windows full OS install in a loooong time.
Matters not what the underlying hardware is, completely isolated.
