Just for fun I recorded my routine of imaging my OS using a bootable disc of ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE 2013. Sorry, I had to record the screen directly as imaging takes place before booting into Windows I have no means to capture the display. So not meant as a true proper tutorial, consider it just an extra. This is a mostly real time video of the process with just a couple minutes removed during the actual imaging process. I will say that since I started imaging my OS I never bother with "Windows Restore" in fact it is disabled and restoring and image of the OS is the fastest and most efficient way of getting
back to a perfect pre-disaster setup. Acronis is my personal favourite tool for doing this as it has never let me down. Thanks.
Relevant links:
http://kb.acronis.com/
http://www.acronis.com/products/#home