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Restore complete PC from another computer

I have a few friends which keep on coming to me every month to format their laptops and then reinstall Windows.

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"Get a Windows Home Server. Back up all of your computers and your friends' computers (assuming you don't have too many friends - max 10 PCs backed up). Back up right after you install the OS, patches, and apps. Have them come visit you for additional backups every week or month or whatever.
Make them standardize on one OS.
Switch to Windows 7. Older OSes take longer because you have to wait for lots of patches.
Create a slipstreamed install disc, with patches and service packs, to save you those steps next time."