One of the reasons I returned that $1200 shard of solid metal was the plethora of drives created for its own benefit. I would love to have a restore mechanism that left the computer's HD totally free. (Apart from the space 'upstream' of C that's transparent to the user.)
If needed, I'd like to be able to:
1/ Restore to an assigned date.
2/Recover - If needed, even onto a virgin replacement HD Keeping all MY partitions would be a bonus. In other words, how I'd left it when it failed.
3/Or, worst scenario, Recover in the normal way, but still able to do it onto a new HD.
I'd also prefer to be carrying a Memory stick, or a USB hard drive, or worst case, a USB DVD/CD drive. (USB DVD the only option on that ASUS)
Clearly, a Stick with the OS on that could be used as a temporary boot device while away would be extremely valuable. I carry a Linux stick now which would get data off the disc and even allow printing etc., but it would be nice to get back in, in W7.