I am a Software Developer. I have a Windows tablet, which has a lot of stuff configured for my learning e.g. .NET, IIS, Java, GlassFish etc.
I have backed up all of my data, however it would be a real pain to have to rebuild my PC if it suffered from BSOD or worst still a hardware fault meaning a new tablet was needed.
Therefore I am thinking about ways of backing it up, which is not just data backup i.e. I would have to take an image some how.
I have already created an image using Backup and Restore in Control Panel. Is this a reliable way of approaching this? Has anyone used VMWare before to create a virtual machine?