suggestions for an imaging system

I've been procrastinating to do this upgrade in weeks, but my current installation of Vista is a little weird, with the views change randomly each almost whenever I have something opened in Windows Explorer. It becomes really upset me, so I just want to win7 as soon as POSSIBLE. I want something that will allow me to customize the way files are display AND STAY THAT WAY as Windows 95, 98 and XP. Even the panels of control, trash, and other such things change their format to display randomly. For the most part, they like to go to "icons medium or view one or two columns always the name, but the other varies." It is a separate issue.

I was advised to the system of the image, but I don't own any imaging software. The only one I've worked with is Norton Ghost, and even if I had a copy, I couldn't use it. I don't have a drive external 3.5 "USB.

I see an external USB drive of 500 GB on sale at Best Buy for $50, so I'm gong extinguish and purchse it. How can I use this drive to make an image of my current Vista Home Premium install with only the following available? I need a suggestion on what software to use, and how would I do a restore.

Computer to be photographed:
Gateway 4200DX, 64-bit quad core 2.4 ghz processor, 6 GB of RAM
House Windows Pista 64-bit problems.
580 GB main partition to be photographed
a "recovery partition" brings her up to 650 GB
1 DVD - RW drive, more USB ports. I don't remember if it has Firewire or not because I have all of these devices.
Gigabit Ethernet, but I have no other gigabit devices including my switch, so it's actually the only Fast Ethernet.

Other computers:
Acer Inspiron laptop, exact number I forgot.
1.7 ghz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM
Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista 32-bit Home Premium can be reactivated easily enough as I never took the trouble to delete the partition.
2 USB 2.0 ports for external hard disk
Less than 60 gb internal hard drive.
Fast Ethernet connection (I think, could be gigabit after all. Is not serious because unless you are using a crossover cable, I just have a fast Ethernet switch)
slow CD - RW drive, I'm not sure speed accurate it is, but it often seems somewhere between 20 and 40. Definitely not better than a 40 X.

Dell Optiplex GX110
processor 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM
Windows 98SE/Windows XP dual boot.
1 hard disk 40 GB, 60 GB 1 hard drive is divided into a 20 GB and a 40 GB partition. Less than 10GB available on any partition.
USB 1.1 ports. (It is old and used Win98 for a decade).
XP complains that my flash drives could be faster if I connect them to a "high-speed USB" so I guess they are 1,1. They seem certainly to a transfer rate.
* The machine to work only with a 3.5 "floppy drive. I can't move it to the new machine, because they have no floppy ports.
CD-RW/DVD-R maximum drive write speed never burns with success, but maximum reading speed of 48 x works very well. Effective max 16 X or 24 X burning speed.

So, I need something that I can use the material to the system image and still be able to restore it if I accidentally erase my data or find that I can't get the drivers to work. Any suggestions?
Something with a low learning curve for someone who used to regularly use Ghost to his old job in 2007 would be appreciated.

I use DriveImage years. I've never needed to restore an image, but occasionally the individual file was always available for recovery, when something is wrong. And it's free...

Noel

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