I too have been drive imaging for years. I partitioned my C drive small enough to fit on a (couple) DVD(s) and keep all my really important stuff there. Daily incremental images and monthly images to DVD(s).
Last I tried Acronis it wouldn't recognize my SATA drives at all.
These days I'm using Ghost. I bought a slightly older version on the 'net for about $30. It clones one drive to another quite nicely and fixes corrupt drives too.
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