"Casper creates a complete copy of your Windows system drive, including the operating system, applications, photos, music, email, documents, calendar, preferences, settings and more — without ever leaving Windows." I always get two identical hard drives on my machines, so that Casper works seamlessly. It also works with external drives like USB, I think. It has saved me more than a few times. (Casper is a pun on the old "Ghost" program from Norton ... Caper the friendly Ghost)

https://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/