Need IT Advice for Recovery Plan !!!

hey all,

I have a friend w/ small simple office of 1 server and 3 client pc’s. We want to implement recovery plan for each pc individually. I’ve heard of imaging software (ex.acronis), unattended windows installations, wininstall, and others similiar. All this is confusing. It’s becoming like trying to choose the right religion (w/so many out there!) he stresses to me that down time is money for him, so with that in mind
please help and thanks in advance