Clonegenius actually makes a copy of your OS partition/drive and saves it as a file.
If you need to restore, it rewrites the file to the partition/drive, thus retaining all your settings as they were when you made the original clongenius copy file.
Note that any new data, installs, etc., made after the original clone are lost.
I make clone copies periodically, especially after I have installed or updated programs. Clonegenius recognizes the USB drives, which are relatively cheap any more. So there is no reason not to have backups/clones of your system. I also have my system and program files on my C: drive (partition) and data files on my D: drive (partition). That way, if the C: drive system or program files become corrupted, my data on D: drive is untouched.
Sounds good.
Have bought so many such things over the years and all have been a disappointment.
What’s the price?
Thanks.