And I wondered whether cloning could be an alternative to a program that enables restoring a System Image to different hardware (such as Macrium Pro and Acronis). These are not using a different machine, as I first posted, but changing components in an existing machine. I already make backups through Windows that would enable the software to be restored to the laptop as is, and I am looking for an additional 3rd party option to supplement this.īut I also want to have a situation where I can still use the software if, for example, my hard drive died and needed replacing, or I wanted to install a bigger hard drive.
I want to keep the software and laptop for as long as I can, but I also want to be prepared for any problems that arise. I currently have an OEM installation of Windows 8 with recovery disk but no installation media but I do have the product key and activation key note what you say, but I do not want to transfer the software to another user. I'm wondering if the clone has to be installed somewhere else immediately rather than being able to store it somewhere until I need it (like I can with a System Image), for example.Īnd I don't know if there would be any problems with activation if I did this, or if the clone would be automatically recognised as a legitimate system. Would this meet my needs or have I completely misunderstood? And maybe I could also use the clone instead of a System Image as my regular backup method to restore to my current machine if needed?
This makes me think that I could use a clone of my current system as a way to have a copy to install on a different machine.
In their description of the process they say: I'm having issues with Macrium Reflect not working on one of the laptops, and I want just one solution that will work on both laptops so today I've been looking at AOMEI and it raised a question.ĪOMEI has the option to clone the disk (I know Macrium has this too, and I guess other options like Acronis will as well). I'm still looking at 3rd party software options that would enable me to restore my system to another machine, in the event that either of my current laptops died and I decided not to buy a new one with the OS preinstalled.Īt present I have Win8.1 but if I have to do a refresh or factory reset this would take me back to Win8 with all the work of updating to 8.1 and reinstalling programs.
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