On Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:14:32 +0100, Broadback wrote:

I have tried Macrium, the problem there is that is reformats the "dump"
disc into a format that windows10 10 does not recognise, so restore not
only fails but I ended up with an unusable system. being rather simple a
s straight forward program is required. Any suggestions please?

Use Drivesnapshot it is lightweight, very easy to use and is reliable. I
backup my system disk regularly with it.