aoemi is great for also making the hidden partition like you get in a bought pc, ...press a certain button to factory restore. Aeomi does that just great..... (button A)

Acronis is also good for carbon copy of drives....

But I am sure I had something that would have a look at a hard drive and repair errors .... and bring it back without wiping it.......

Good to see not everyone on here is using a phone and a massive 3 inch screen.... I just cant work with little screens like that. I cant even work with a laptop screen these days. Always plugged into a large screen.....!!!