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If your purpose behind "imaging" and/or "cloning", is to be able to restore your system in case of a catastrophic failure, then Windows 7 Backup and
Restore, being sure to click on "system image" in the left-hand pane and then choosing ALL partitions on the drive your want to "image"/"backup", you can with a Windows 7 System Repair Disc, restore everything at once, painlessly, accurately, and easily.
I know this is true because I performed this very operation several times in the course of my studying the Win 7 Backup and Restore.
You can also use Win 7 Backup and Restore to image and consequently restore only your C drive. This I also tested.
I am not fond of Win 7 folder backup approach, although it is incremental which is a strong positive.
I use Win 7 Backup and Restore to image my entire computer. This is done about once every 3 months. I use SyncToy, also from Microsoft, to backup my data files. C is my system partition and D is my data partition.
I use synctoy about once a week.