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Macrium Free - absolutely no reason to avoid taking backups 4 Mins !
Hi there
With speed of modern computers and I/O devices there's really no reason to avoid taking backups -- so many problems could be avoided if people imaged their systems regularly.
Here's a reasonable backup - base W10 system with Office 2016 installed and a few small programs -- backed up to an external SSD attached to a USB3 port via USB3-->SATA adapter.
Ran for just under 4 mins --hardly a bothersome period.
Even with slower devices the latest version of Macrium (FREE) should backup your system just fine -- those who have windows on large HDD's - keep Windows OS partition separate from data then restores etc means you don't have to recover your data. This has been said many times but there's always new users to Windows who might not have this experience / knowledge.