Laptop freezes while sleeping

jibebuoy said:

Thanks Ztruker. I backup on a regular basis and use the W7 legacy backup program to backup my files as well as to make a system image. Is the W7 program 'good enough'?

No. Don't use Windows imaging.

MS said not to in their announcement of Windows 10 Version 1709 and have never withdrawn that warning

imaging deprecated in Ver 1709 - TenForums

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Macrium Reflect [free edition] is often recommended in this forum for making system images. Other utilities are available but this one is so commonplace that you can get plenty of help for it.
- I understand that many TenForums members use the free version and find it perfectly satisfactory.

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect - TenForumsTutorials
Macrium Software Macrium Reflect Free
Macrium USB - TenForums
Macrium Reflect KnowledgeBase - user guide [version-independent link]

It can also make bootable system images. That facility is called viBoot.
Macrium viBoot - Macrium KB
Macrium viBoot - Create Virtual Machine using Macrium Image - TenForumsTutorials

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Amongst the other system imaging utilities are:

1 Acronis True Image - Normally paid for but

- Owners of these disk brands can get free limited-capability versions from those companies.

Seagate, Samsung, Maxtor disks [they call their version DiscWizard] - online help index with user manual download link
WD, SanDisk, G-Technology disks - their download includes a copy of the user manual - online help

- These free versions depend on the presence of that brand of disk both to make system images & to restore system images.
- The free versions allow full system imaging but not the incremental/differential imaging that the paid-for version allows.
- Their own-branded USB stick can be enough to allow them to work but an SD card is not.
- They cannot necessarily detect a branded disk connected in a non-standard way [such as in a caddy in a DVD bay] and the only way to find out is to try it. This has varied over time/versions.
- Their willingness to restore images in the absence of a branded disk has also varied over time/versions.

2 AOMEI Backupper Standard Edition - Free Backup Software for Windows - Free version
3 EaseUS ToDo Backup - Free version
4 Paragon Backup & Recovery - Free version
[Links 2-4 provided by Paul Black]

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While you're thinking about backups, consider Backup and Restore Device Drivers - TenForumsTutorials as well.

All the best,
Denis