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Nice idea about using the SD. Doesn't seem a way to make it work.
Everything in my disk management then, will be backed up at one time ?
Do I need to backup all of it ?
The funny thing is that I could not find a boot.wim on my 32bit Macrium. Just the one for the PE.
I have sent a mail to Macrium with the question whether the 32bit program can produce a bootloader entry for 'Recovery from Windows Boot menu' - that is one of the options in the paid version. I have also asked how they do that if there is no boot.wim - just to make sure.
The system partition I backup once and stick it into a safe place. That you usually do not have to recover.
The recovery partition I do not backup. The same with any tools partition they may have.
The C partition and the data partition I backup often. For C, after an update or new program installations. For the data when I think I have changed enough to warrent an update.
I also keep at least 10 restore points on C and on the data partition. From those I can also recover data with Shadow Explorer. That is useful for the in-between images time.
ShadowExplorer - Recover Lost Files and Folders
We all have different views. If you want to remain with the OEM system then I recommend making at least one image of all your non data partitions. This includes factory recovery/restore and tools partition if present. Store these away and you can always restore to a new HDD if your old one fails. There are other options for backing up data partitions.
The problem with imaging a data partition is thay it can be very large. You will be better off Using a file synchronization tool such as Syctoy or FreeFileSync. I also prefer the latter. They are both free. The link to FreeFileSync is in my sig.
My video is a bit old but may help...
The main difference is in versioning. You now need to use a "macro" to date the version.