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My current comuter has died and will have to get now one.  I'm buying one with the same configuration and same operating system.  I made a recovery file and wonder if it would be the one to use to setup Acronice 17 on the new PC.

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Don't see why not.  As long as you only install on the # of systems you're licensed for, no issues.  If you're prompted that you've exceeded the license count, the Acronis app asks you to log in, then takes you to a page to pick an old computer to deactivate a license on.  From there you can then proceed to license the new one. 

Words of advice

1) When you get the new machine, before you even boot into Windows, take a full disk image of the disk "as is" using the offline bootable recovery media.  That way, you alway have an image to reset back to factory settings - can't hurt and may come in very handy.

2) You may still need to then boot the new system and log in and have the system phone home to Microsoft to activate/register the license.  What OS are you using on the old system and/or the new one?  If both systems are running Windows 10 - this will be easy.  If it is an earlier version of Windows and you restore the image from the old machine, it may not activate, but you should be able to call Microsoft and give them the OEM Key of the new computer (assuming the new system comes with the same OS) and the'll give you a new code to activate it over the phone.  Problem is that OEM licenses are tied to the original hardware (motherboard) in the computer so if you are using Windows 8.1 or older, you really can't just take an image from an old computer and put it on the new one because it may not activate the license when it detects the hardware change (even thoug using the same type of computer, the motherboards have different serial #'s or versions).  If, however, both are windows 10 (must be the same version too - home or pro), and both were licensed already and showed activated, then you can restore the image to your hearts content because Windows 10 only cares that the hardware was ever licensed and registed with Microsoft at least once before. 

3) If the systems are identicaly and licensing is already taken care of, you mgiht be able to just pull the hard drive from the old one and pop it in the new system too and hold onto the new system original drive as a factory "backup".