So you want a system image without the system and just the user data.
Then why not just backup the userdata?
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You mean userdata folder I assume, there is data every where like program-file, program-data, windows folder it self, windows customization
Would also need a way to restore this data
You want to use the Windows Iso as a Reference? That is like 5 GB of data. Why do you want to have such an incomplete Backup to save just 5 GB?
I am OK with 5GB data tell me how to have incremental backups of the windows image ?
I'm not the data retention guy where I work, but most backup software supports incremental backups. As far as built in Windows features, I think what you'd be looking at is the shadowcopy feature?
I'd use the community version of the Veeam backup agent for Windows.