macrium reflect is a disc imaging backup software to make a complete *.mrimg or *.iso copy of your hard drive.
main features :
disk imagingdisk cloningaccess images in windows explorerschedule backupslinux rescue cdwindows pe rescue media (raid support)windows xp / vista / 7 / 8 compatiblitysupport for gpt
it has a builtin scheduler, you can set it up to create backups of the windows harddrive automatically in the background, during you work with windows.
images can be saved off to network drives, dvds, or removable drives (usb and firewire).
images can be passwordprotected for the security of your data.
it uses windows' volume shadow copy service (vss).
the backup images can also be mounted as a virtual drive, which can be very useful for retrieving separate files: you can also restore single files or folders, but backup only the full drive c.
you can restore or migrate the operating system to a larger harddisk than the original harddisk was.
note: approximate price is for one new home licence in us dollars.