Use a large capacity flash drive (I use 16GB ones) or an external hard drive. It takes forever and will require several discs. TIP: Don't use DVDs to create the backup image. That could get a bit messy & time consuming, and it would probably take just as long as a fresh install with the proper drivers outta the gate. First time you go to Windows Update with the AMD Phenom machine, Microsoft's servers are gonna recognize that the Windows license already belongs to another PC (the Intel one) - unless you bought a multi-user license of Win 7 X64, of course.Įven if you did get a multi-user license for the O.S., you'd have to uninstall all the Intel system hardware drivers after 'restoring' the backup image to the AMD machine, then replace them with that system's (AMD) hardware drivers. From what you describe re how you want to use it, however, it would seem that you'd run into issues because the original image you create from the first PC will be specific to that PC in terms of hardware drivers and software licenses (as you suspected).

I can't, however, say I've used the universal restore feature you mention.

Maybe TheEvilSharpie's PC had a malware infection, or a HD with bad sectors on it, or a software compatibility issue? Who knows. While I don't know TheEvilSharpie's situation and thus can't say why he had the probs he did, I've used it on at least a half dozen different PCs over the last year or so without a hitch (my own machines & several friends/acquaintances' machine). I've had good results with Acronis True Image (current & previous version).

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