FD-ISR is a very versatile ISR-software and allows you to work with two kinds of snapshots
1. normal snapshot = a classical installed disk-C
2. frozen snapshot = a frozen disk-C, that doesn't allow any change.
You can go upto 10 bootable snapshots, but only one snapshot can be frozen.
All bootable snapshot are stored on disk-C and nowhere else.
Each snapshot can be archived, which are called archived snapshots.
The number of archived snapshots is unlimited and can be stored on internal and/or external harddisks.
My golden reboot is based on a frozen snapshot.
First you have to create an archived snapshot, that contains a clean system.
After each reboot (cold or warm) my actual snapshot = archived snapshot, so I have my clean system back.
I know already that you don't like this, but there is another way.
This method is based on two normal snapshots.
1. Actual snapshot = a classical installed disk-C, which you use for daily activities.
2. Rescue snapshot = a classical installed disk-C, which you use when the actual snapshot needs to be restored.
In the very beginning Actual snapshot = Rescue snapshot, both are equal at that time.
I will try to explain it as simple as possible with a few examples.
A. Suppose you test a new software in the Actual snapshot and you don't like it, you want to get rid of it completely.
You reboot in the Rescue snapshot
Then you copy/update from Rescue Snapshot to Actual Snapshot.
Then you reboot in the Actual snapshot and the new software is gone without a trace.
B. Suppose you test a new software in the Actual Snapshot and you like it and want to keep it.
Then you copy/update from Actual Snapshot to Rescue Snapshot.
The Rescue snapshot is now updated and ready to rescue you again, when needed
C. Suppose you test a new software in the Actual Snapshot and that new software causes so much trouble that it corrupts your Actual Snapshot.
You reboot in the Rescue snapshot
Then you delete the Actual Snapshot
Then you copy/update from Rescue Snapshot to new snapshot (with the name Actual Snapshot)
Then you reboot in Actual snapshot and you are back in business.
D. Suppose you want to learn a new firewall, but you don't want to do this in your Actual Snapshot.
You copy/update from Actual Snapshot to new snapshot (with the name Firewall Snapshot).
You reboot in Firewall snapshot
You uninstall the actual firewall and install the new firewall.
Now you have time enough to learn the new firewall.
E. Suppose you want to play a game, but you don't want that game in the Actual Snapshot.
You copy/update from Actual snapshot to Game Snapshot.
You reboot to Game Snapshot
You uninstall all the software you don't need and you install the game.
You can also optimize Windows to run the game better.
Now you have a separate snapshot to play your game
There is another method, which is similar to the previous method.
The main difference is that the Rescue snapshot is replaced with an archived Rescue snapshot.
I hope you understand how it works, it's closer to you, than a frozen snapshot.
There is so much to tell about FD-ISR, but this post is not a manual.
The BAD news is that FD-ISR isn't sold anymore, because it wasn't a commercial success.
You can use FD-ISR in different ways, which is good but at the same time very confusing for average users.
That was the main reason, why FD-ISR wasn't a commercial success, although FD-ISR was years ahead compared with other ISR-softwares.
Ihe FD-ISR Club at Wilders Security Forum was very disappointed and the owner also.
The maintenance and support continues, but only for users, who bought FD-ISR
The development has been stopped, which is a pity, because I had good ideas to improve FD-ISR.
Of course, you still can get FD-ISR on the black market websites, like most softwares