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Recover Win 7 machine to Win 8.1

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I have a Windows 7 machine that I would like to backup and recover to a new Win 8.1 machine. I have Acronis TI 2015 with the Universal Restore add-on for dissimilar equipment. Will this be a problem because of different Windows Op systems?

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It can be complicated to use Universal Restore, and you have to understand that if you restore your Win7 image onto the Win8.1 laptop you will end up with Win7 on the machine, not Win8.1 any longer.
In addition to the risks of the UR process (it works well in many cases), moving from Win 7 to a new 8.1 machine includes changing from MBR/BIOS setup to GPT/UEFI setup in many cases.
If your Win7 computer is already set up as a GPT/UEFI computer, then the last point is moot.

In other words, if you want to keep Win8.1 or you don't have currently a GPT/UEFI setup for Win7, stay away from Universal Restore.