I just went through this a couple of weeks ago.
I chose
Veeam for Windows Free.
- Allows backup and restore of file level, volume level, system state or the entire system. Choose what you want to backup (for example, I don't backup my games directories, I can reinstall them if needed)
- Create a bootable image (either direct to USB or as an iso) from your system, using the system drivers, to restore from. Can also restore to dissimilar hardware.
- Backup to USB, CIFS, and so on.
- Expunge backups to a set schedule (ie. remove backups older than X days). Full, incremental, etc.
And as a bonus....NO ADS!
I chose it for it's simplicity.
Backups seem to work to my NAS. Can't figure out how to test a bare metal restore though.
ers