I use the free version of easeUS todo backup to create a partition image on an external drive.
I made a partition backup on Friday night because of the ransomware scare and on Saturday I started getting sata hard disk warnings. I'm not technical so I ended up paying the local shop to install a new drive and they restored the backup at the same time. They might have been able to save the hard disc content anyway since the drive hadn't failed YET but it certainly didn't hurt.
Mark
I made a partition backup on Friday night because of the ransomware scare and on Saturday I started getting sata hard disk warnings. I'm not technical so I ended up paying the local shop to install a new drive and they restored the backup at the same time. They might have been able to save the hard disc content anyway since the drive hadn't failed YET but it certainly didn't hurt.
Mark