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How can I clone clean installer testing environments

I want to constantly test the installer for the DirectX game, which I wrote on a clean, bare dice, WindowsXP environment (this means that there is no .Net, no DirectX, no Visual Studio, no game, etc.) to ensure the installer covers everything grounds. For this, I have only one clean test machine. Since my installer still needs a lot of work and testing, it does not delete everything efficiently, and I do not want to search and manually delete files on the left each time. Is there a good way to clone / reproduce the clean state of the computer I am using?

I saw VMWare as a solution for creating multiple instances of a clean WindowsXP environment, but its hardware emulation prevents my graphics from rendering.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help!

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Norton Ghost can repair your computer.

or, here are some free alternatives: http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_alternatives.htm

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I use PING to backup and restore images on my hard drive. It's free, get it here - http://ping.windowsdream.com/ping.html

The ability to create a bootable DVD with a hard disk image on it is especially useful.

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