Backing it all up

Having three C drive failures in just two and a half years requiring me to
reinstall and re-set up every program I use (which I'm doing now) makes me
wonder if it's possible to copy/backup my entire new C drive to a
comparable slave for switching out when this new primary master also goes
belly-up down the road.

I've replaced enough internal hard drives now to know how to switch them and
their jumper pins so the mechanics aren't a problem. But will this
duplicating idea work to give me a fresh bootable functioning Windows et al
with a minimum of trouble?

My thanks in advance for your experience and insight.

calamity carol