you can verify the macrium image is working with maclrium reflect viBoot, it uses hyperv to boot the image in a VM

have used windows 7 to upgrade to now 10 on my computer since 2016 daily and usually on 24/7. Had power outages suddenly with updates pending and still going strong.

you must be doing something wrong.

you need to do a full read and write on the disk. use a program to write the disk full of 0s and then verify read. UNRAId does this with its preclear function.

Contact the providers with your requirements directly and see what they can offer