Personally, I always do it like this:
1. Windows installation >>> fuse 1 (if in the following steps something goes wrong)
2. all updates and drivers >>> assurance 2
3. All programs and tools >>> Backup 3
4. System completely individualized >>> assurance 4
It happened already often that any program was of the opinion (or a lot more of its programmers), having to shoot my whole system .... sometimes even during the initial installation.
The last time it happened to the days of my HDD (Write ~ 90 MB / s). A Restore the backup 4 (~ 25 GB) took about 15-20 minutes. We reckon times their own hourly rate and multiply this with those hours that could have been used for a clean installation of the system.
The program has therefore been amortized during the first Restore !!!!
I'm curious how quickly the 2014er Version hinbekommt the Restore in conjunction with a SDD (Write ~ 520 MB / s) ....
General: I think the settlement both time on Amazon, as well as previous versions under EDP buchversand (direct sales platform for Acronis) great, you can log in at any time and read the Productkey if you even need him.
I can True Image Recommend without hesitation with all versions up to and including 2014! The 2015er Version'm from the design too much towards Win8 / Facebook / & Co .... that's not mine.