How can I back up a Macbook Pro with Bootcamp

Ok, so I have a 13" Macbook Pro (non-Retina) that's about 5 months old. There's loose wiring in the display, causing strange symptoms with my screen. There also seems to be something stuck in the fan, as it rattles around really loudly from inside the computer and I'm afraid it will jam and overheat. Both of these should be covered under my 1 year warranty.
If I send it into Apple or an AASP, I'm going to assume my data will be lost. I don't know how I can back up my computer so that when I get it back I can just copy across and have everything how I left it. I have Windows 7 installed with Photoshop and some games/save games that I really would not like to be lost. I have an external hard drive that should be big enough to back up both partitions. If I make it a time machine, I will lose the normal external hard drive functionality and doubt it will back up Windows too. Is there a way for me to back up both MacOSX and Windows 7 so that when I get my computer back, everything is how I left it? Thanks.

Disk Utility format Pattition 1 Option GUID OS X extended journaled a blank powered external drive, use Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X partition (also copies the hidden Recovery also just in case)
You can hold the option/alt key on a wired keyboard and boot from it to confirm it's working to later reverse clone (to the same Mac model on a new drive) or use Migration Assistant to a new Mac to transfer files and apps.
Most commonly used backup methods
For BootCamp clone and restore, use WinClone 3 on another external drive.
What the format for the external drive is and how to restore BootCamp from that drive I do not know, they can tell you how to go about it.
TimeMachine is well, TimeMachine, should also do that as well for OS X to have two backups at all times.

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