What is the Difference between "System-Backup" and "System-Clone"?
Hello!
I would like to create a Universal Restore so that I could transfer my current operating system (Win 7) together with the whole partition and all programs and settings I have installed on it, to a completely different computer at any time - even if the new computer has a different hardware configuration. Let's say, for the case that aliens should destroy my hard disk AND mainboard 
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- and I have to buy a new (even better) computer with different a hardware-setting.
What kind of backup function do I have to use now to make such a universal backup of my current complete (bootable) OS/c-drive with all settings, so that it is usable on a new and different computer?
A "system backup"?
Or should I use "system cloning"?
And what is the difference?
Thank you for you answers & best regards!
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System backup is: C: --> external device --> new C: (called restore)
Clone is: C: --> new C:
So cloning could be faster. (not necessarily). The result is the same.
But you need to have a new license for Windows if you restore/clone it to another machine since the license is bound to your current hardware.
Ah, I understand. Thank you very much for your answer.
"But you need to have a new license for Windows if you restore/clone it to another machine since the license is bound to your current hardware."
Is this also the case if only the HD changes? (if the HD crashes and I have to use a new one - or if I would move my System from an old HD to a new SSD?)
No a new HDD/SSD is fine. But a new motherboard is regarded as a new computer you need a new license for.
Ok, thank you
If you want to create a Universal Restore, you need to run a System Backup, because the clone feature doesn't support dissimilar hardware.