Windows 10: Do I need to make a seperate recovery drive if I've already made a system image?

I received an alert from Dell through their SupportAssist program that a firmware update is available for my SSD hard drive. The pre-installation notice gave the advisement that I should back up my hard drive before proceeding with the update; I've made a system image to an external hard drive, but I was wondering:
1)If the firmware update goes badly and I end up needing a new hard drive (the laptop's currently under a hardware warranty), if Dell re-installs the OS, do I also need a recovery drive in order to replace the stock Dell-edition of Windows 10 with my system image (which includes my installed programs?
2)Also, if at some point I ever need to install the image on a blank drive, since this was an image for the current drive with its current firmware, does a system image contain information for the current hard drive's firmware? If the update is successful, but at some point I end up needing to reinstall the image, will there be some sort of "mismatch" between the hard drive's actual firmware version and the system image's record of the older version's info?

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[HELP]Image recovery issues

Guys i am trying to fix my cousins Asus Eee netbook. It has a backup image file that is partitioned on the hard drive but when I go to use it the app will run through a few steps and stop. It is running Vista . Any suggestions?

 

System Image Recovery Hangs

I discovered that if I wait until the step "Advanced Options" to connect the external drive containing the System Image, and then click on "System Image Recovery", the recovery proceeds normally.

If I connect the external drive before starting the recovery process, that is, before clicking on "Shift" and "Restart", the system hangs when I get to the "System Image Recovery" step.

 

Recovery drive system image backup

Hi Sean,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

To better assist you, please answer the following questions:

1. Did you choose the recovery drive to be in the C: drive?

2. When you say D drive, are you referring to other personal files?

A system image is an exact copy of a drive. By default, a system image includes the drives required for Windows to run(C: drive where the operating system is installed). It also includes Windows and your system settings, programs, and files. If the recovery
drive is in a different drive (for eg. D drive), when you restore using the system image, everything else will be deleted except the files and settings which are included in the C: drive. If the D drive contains your personal files and data, I would suggest
you to create the system image and also create a backup of the D drive and other drive in order to restore your personal files.

Hope this answers your query.

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