Restoring disc image on dissimilar hardware from Win 7 to Win 8.1

If you restore the image, you will end up with the same system set up as you had before, same OS, same apps. You might want to do a backup of your 8.1 system in case you have a change of heart.
Also, it is doable, but not easy, to use Universal Restore: this is a feature that comes with the Premium version of the Acronis True Image Home product and that allows you to restore (doesn't change the backup) an image to another computer.

Thanks, Pat;
I am going to read more about Universal Restore to see if it is an option for me.
Am I going to encounter software licensing problems when I restore old disc image onto the new comp due to the fact that the new comp will run the same software as the old comp?

It depends. If the image you restore is of a computer that has an OEM version of Windows, you will probably have activation issues. You can call Microsoft support and they will probably take care of this, and this deactivate your older Windows version on the OLDER computer. If you have a retail version of Windows, it will activate probably without any issue, and the other activation will be lost.
Some other software will probably have to be reactivated: eg Norton, Microsoft Office, Adobe products, Acronis, etc. Most of these software packages will simply transfer the activation to the new computer, and deactivate the older ones, automatically. In most cases, you would be in violation of the EULA if you kept the OLD computer active with licenses in use in parallel to the new computer.

Salve a tutti, mi trovo un poco incasinato col mio pc al lavoro. Spiego: Ho sia un SO win 7 che un  SO 8.1 che si avviano entrambi regolarmente come un orologio svizzero. Ho acquistato nel 2016 Acronis True Image. Da qualche tempo mi arrivava la comunicazione di aggiornare l'Acronis, con una nuova versione. Pochi giorni fa, lo faccio e riavvio il sistema. Tutto parte regolarmente, ma mi accorgo che solo sul SO 8.1, alcune partizioni di HD, non vengono lette e decido di capirne i motivi in quanto sul win7, il tutto andava bene.

Risultato: non venendo a capo del problema, decido di riportare (restore) il mio win 8.1 al giorno prima dell'installazione dell'aggiornamento. Il pc chiede il riavvio. Lo faccio, dopodichè scelgo il tra i due, il win 8.1 e rimane con schermo nero per diverse ore, credendo nella necessità di tempo richiesta per il restore. Mi accorgo, invece che di ore, ne sono passate circa 8-10 e noto che la spia dell'HD, rimane spenta e ogni tanto lampeggia in maniera seriale, ripetendo la stessa sequenza nel tempo. Praticamente, il pc, non si riavvia più col sistema win 8.1 ma solo con win 7.

Ho provato a resettarlo anche col dvd in dotazione, seguendo per filo la procedura descritta sul forum microsoft. Ho anche eseguito un  chkdsk /r ma alla fine ho desistito e chiedo aiuto alla community.

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Gaetano, welcome to these user forums.

If I understand correctly, you have a dual-boot system with both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 installed and active.

When attempting to restore these systems, you should not attempt to do this from within Windows because this has to modify Windows bootloader configuration data to create a temporary Linux OS based recovery environment.

You will need to create the Acronis bootable Rescue Media for your ATIH 2016 and boot from this in order to do the restore of your Windows 8.1 OS partition.  I am assuming that you have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on separate partitions or on separate disks in the computer?

Further, you should boot the Rescue Media in the same way that your Windows OS boots, i.e. using UEFI or using Legacy according to how Windows 7 & 8.1 boot.  See webpage: Check if your PC uses UEFI or BIOS

Hi Steve, I have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on separate partitions and separate disks.

First hd is partition SO win7 and another partition for files of my job

Second hd is partition SO 8.1 and another partition for program files

Gaetano, thank you for confirming how your two Windows OS's are organised on separate disks / partitions.

Please can you clarify what the exact status of your system is now?

When you attempted to Restore your Windows 8.1 disk / partition(s) to an earlier time, did you restart into the Acronis True Image application and actually perform the restore, or did the system just restart back into Windows?

I am trying to understand if a Restore took place or not, as I am not sure that this happened?

Are you able to boot into both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on the computer or is there a problem with one of these?