Trying to make a system Image disc in windows 8.1 HP envy desktop 700-019

I have been trying to create a system Image on my desktop but I cannot do it, I have followed all the Instructions, tried Memorex discs, tried verbatim discs and tried nexXTECH discs but I always get an error message That there is not enough free space on the back up storage location to back up data error 0x80780048, no option to use a thumb drive and no option to format the disc, the other error code I get is 0x800704C8, File history is turned off and cannot turn it back on.
It tells me to create my own hard drive but when I click E drive to burn the disc to I am back to the error messages, I have next to nothing on this desktop, no pics, no videos, no games, perhaps 20 songs and thats it besides Norton and Microsoft office Home and Student. It has a 2 terabyte hard drive with 12GB of RAM and there is no way this could be full, I just do not understand what is going on.
Can anyone help please.
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Perform a hard disk image backup to an external hard drive using Macrium Reflect Free, not the trial version, for optimal results.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
Trying to perform this to DVD or USB stick is doomed to fail and not very reliable.
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