System restore just rolls back the drivers and system registry to a (hopefully) working set.

Imaging software, such as Norton Ghost makes a compressed copy of an entire hard drive or partition and can restore the partition. It is a very powerfull utility.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes