A great Backup tool to use is EASEUS Todo Backup Free
It can be used to install a recovery environment during boot, it can
Create an USB or CD recoverdy disk
Make system backups
Updates incrementals into the full backup to limit backup space and keep the Full backup up to date
It supports multiple Full backup versions
File Backups
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