Had IE8 now Win Update tried to Install IE11 and doesn't work.

Go ahead and download the Macrium iso you want, mine and whs's are the same, different hosts is all. Using the iso will remove the choice for what to install, it's all in the iso.

This will get you a bootable CD/DVD. If you have a USB flash you can use it too, let us know.

Burn Disc Image - ISO or IMG file

If you mess up with Macrium your data won't be erased unless you have chosen to erase a partition. The image may not work, but you data will remain as it is.

Maybe my tutorial can help - works the same in XP, 7, 8 and 8.1.

Imaging with free Macrium

And burning with IMGBurn is really trivial. Be aware that there are 2 passes (burning and verification). After the first pass, ImgBurn opens the CD tray (and closes it again). Do not remove the CD at that point.

A new folder is OK. But it must be on a different physical drive - else it won't help you. If you put the image on the same physical drive as the partition you are imaging, the image goes down when the drive goes down. Best is to place the image an an external drive that is disconnected when not in use.

To reiterate WHS, yes keep images on other physical drives than the one you imaged. I use 2 external drives to store images of my OS and Data drives. One is USB and the other eSATA. If you can, use an eSATA enclosure, they are much faster than USB.

Thanks Guys,
I'm wondering how much space would be needed or recommended for say three images,
One present,
And two to swap out after loading new programs.... or what is the norm ?
Cheers.

For each image, figure about 65% of the size of the data in the partitions you image. The size of the partition itself is irrelevant.

Example: If you have 100GB of data in a 500GB partition, your image will be appr. 65GBs. That would mean for 3 images you would need appr. 200GBs. Those are all rounded figures which may vary a bit.

I always keep a bunch of images, but that may be only me. I have 2TBs of space on 3 disks for images of the system and the seperate data partitions. I also keep copies of my 6 virtual systems there.

You have to burn the iso to a CD. Best is to use ImgBurn. You can make images with the CD if you boot the PC with the CD. But it's main purpose is for recovery. The images one normally makes with the installed free Macrium.