It's rare one should have to do a fresh re-install of WinOS, and should be a last resort. Try repair routes first.
Personally, when I get a new laptop or install a fresh copy of WinOS, install my base software and apply latest system/app updates, I make a full (base) image backup. This makes it much easier to restore your system if you have a serious failure, and saves a huge amount of time. Pays to do periodic updates to the image file
It has taken me roughly 20-30 min to reinstall a PC image. The only time necessary when experienced HD failure.