Why don't folks invest in proper bootable backups?

[ashman70]

Coming back to the hackintosh scene after an almost four year hiatus, I am dismayed to see posts from people who have had to reinstall their system due to an OSX update, or some other set of circumstances that have rendered their system unusable. I remember years ago blindly believing my CC backup was bootable but not testing it, this pre Clover and finding out one day when I needed to boot into my backup drive it didn't work. Since bringing life back into my Ivy Bridge system I was determined to make sure I had not one but two backup drives, since this system was going to be my daily driver and I can't afford for it to be down. Googling 'hackintosh bootable backups' I came across a youtube video that easily shows you how to create a bootable backup drive which also uses CCC. I have used this method and tested my backup drives and they work great. Other that the cost for a second (or third) hard drive or SSD and the cost of CCC, I can't understand why more people don't do this, it's so simple and can save you so much time.

 

[susudio]

Coming back to the hackintosh scene after an almost four year hiatus....

This guy's method looks overkill and fits his scenario.
My ideal scenario for backing up is,
Step1: I can freely create a complete image file with backup macos APP of the Hackintosh MacOS at chosen time, e.g. right before I go for a major OS update, in any other hard drive bigger (AOHDB) than MacOS, and I wish that AOHDB doesn't have to be formatted to become bootable(uefi) or not, which is most convenient.
Step2: Whenever my hacked OSx is broken, I can boot in to Windows and access the image file created from Step 1 and restore the whole system in one click.

So far, I can't find such thing, but using PE pendrive from macrium reflect professional https://www.macrium.com/ works for me.

 

[oadesign]

I use Carbon Copy Cloner to create a clone of my SSD onto a mechanical HD prior to updates.