How to back up "cleanly" installed windows with all drivers? (MSI GT62VR)

I have gotten the "clean install" option for my GT62VR from the seller.
Now, I want to ask if i can make an iso image of the whole OS drive (ONLY windows and necessary drivers installed) and after an year or two if i wipe out the whole system i can simply load/write that iso file in a flash drive and install it in my system and i get the full windows and drivers installed in one go.
Is this possible? If yes, then how?

If there is any other way, then please recommend that too.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/macrium-reflect-installation-usage-guide.804746/

 

You can make a custom Windows ISO directly from your laptop using elevated command prompts (e.g. ...DISM>OSCDIMG>ISO), but this method involves some technical detail and takes a little more time.

Making a Macrium Reflect image is probably the best, easiest solution. This makes an MRIMG file, which is the ~equivalent of an ISO file, and is used by MR to reinstall your system to brand-spanking new.

 

If memory is right W10 can create it's own recovery media that you can burn to media and then use that to restore back to clean install and drivers. That way you only have the O/S and Drivers and any Windows Update you do then you can make a Backup Media of which you can later use to restore or fix should any Virus happen. But remember any other customer software you install will need to be recorded and data/files you create need to be move to USB drive backup before REstoring back otherwise don't do that and everything is gone.

I don't load extra software like Macrium reflect when W10 already has a backup option that it can use and they don't have to install other software to do this backup. It has a Win7 backup method in W10 options already.

 

yeah and the Windows Update takes 5 times more time to do the backup that Macrium Reflect time, isn't reliable, takes more space. Never trust anything that comes from Microsoft. Just like how unreliable the Windows System Restore is! Windows System Restore - Useless as always!

Macrium Reflect FTW, nothing even comes close, go figure!

 

Right, so if i unpack my cleanly installed pc, make an MRIMG file, and then after a year if i feel i want to take it back to initial state, i simply load that MRIMG file onto a flash drive, stick the drive in my laptop and then i get the initial state, that's it?
(correct me if i missed any steps, will watch the your guide video for further details though)
Also,

1. can i use any other software to load this MRIMG file to my flash drive or it can only be read with MR software?
2. will i need to install my license key again to activate the windows or it will restore as the initial activated version
3. can i copy my MRIMG image file in another pc, install MR software there, load the MRIMG file to a flash and then restore my own pc with that drive?

 

just watch the guide, it has everything you need

but to add to that, the backup file is stored locally on your D: or whatever partition you choose. That has never failed me, although you can also put the backup file on an external USB Drive as an extra safety measure.

Then after you add the Macrium Reflect bootup recovery as per the guide, restoring the image is as simple as clicking restore, then selection COPY SELECTED PARTITIONS (see the video in the guide)

what you can do also, is create a Macrium Reflect Recovery Flash Disk from OTHER TASKS > CREATE RESCUE MEDIA

That way, even if you are unable to even boot to the desktop to initiate the restoration process, you can simply boot off the Macrium Reflect Rescue Disk and do the recovery from there.

 

I have used Macrium reflect a couple times now and it is great, you really should not bother with any built in windows 10 stuff. Macrium is far faster and more reliable. I have used it a few times now and had no issues with it at all. Most recently I took an old HP workstation, did a system restore on it to get it back to the out of box state, uninstalled all bloatware and garbage I didn't need or want on the machine and made sure updates were good. Created a backup, plugged in a SSD, was able to restore my image (from a 500gb hdd) to a 120gb ssd and remove the unneeded factory partitions I did not want, slap the SSD in the machine and everything worked flawlessly. I meant to make an img of my MSI when I reinstalled windows on it but I forgot to but I cannot recommend it enough. As Phoenix said do not waste your time with any Microsoft/Windows BS. Install this like 10mb application and get a real backup.

 

Alright, thanks a lot, i was thinking of the win10 recovery software, but now i am gonna with this.

 

I'm old and stupid but I spend a lot of time in a place where there is no internet and the only help you have is your own wits and whatever you find within arms reach. This has taught me through a solid swig of pain that a rescue thumb in the hand is worth a billion images that cant be restored because your chit is truly hashed. I make both as well as carry the original windows thumb with the drivers and some basic software. USB flash drives are so cheap now in the smaller sizes there is little reason not to keep a few on hand with the basics you need to pull yourself out of the hole.

 

I wish Windows worked in the way that would allow for OSX/MacOS apps, such as Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to operate. No need to restart and although the system will slow down, you can keep working while the clone is happening. Clone to a spare external HDD and then just routinely re-clone the whole system disk. Should anything happen, it's possible to then directly boot from the cloned disk and carry on working. Saved me a few times and is a big selling point for Apple systems for me - Hackintoshes also work but I never could get enough reliability from an install to use it seriously for work.

For Windows, Macrium is probably the best I've found for cloning. I also have a USB drive that has a Win8.1Pro implementation of Windows-to-go installed on it and also has the software that I rely upon. It's only really there as a 'last resort' sort of thing but it does give a bootable Windows OS in the event of hard drive failure, complete system death, theft, etc... Haven't had to use it in an emergency but it's good to have it there.

 

Macrium reflect is the only one that comes to my mind.