For Windows 7 — Acronis True Image Portable

Keep a second USB with the backup image files themselves, or store images on an external HDD.

Windows 7 often runs on older mechanical hard drives (HDDs) that are prone to failure. Acronis True Image Portable allows sector-by-sector cloning to a new SSD or HDD, even if Windows won’t boot.

Acronis True Image Portable is a portable backup and recovery solution that lets users run Acronis tools from removable media (USB drive) without full installation on the host PC. Typical capabilities:

 acronis true image portable for windows 7