I have a Windows 7 64-bit installation on my current PC, and I want to move it to a new PC .. I do NOT have a problem with licensing, as the new system already has its own new Windows 7 license, which I intend to use.
I want to use my existing installation, because it has 3 years worth of installed office related software development software, which installing again could take weeks !
I'm assuming that I can use Windows 7's Backup and Restore feature to backup a system image to a network location, then restore that network stored system image on the new PC ?
Again, like I said, I don't have a WIndows 7 licensing issue, as both machines are corporate provided and come with their own licences.
Acronis True Image 2014 Premium
does have the ability to migrate your Windows installation from PC A to PC B where PC B has entirely different hardware. This of course requires two licenses and for you to manually change the license and reactivate the installation. There are other alternatives that do this, in exactly the same way, Acronis does it. Like I said you can place Windows into a migration mode, duplicate the HDD, and Windows would install the required drivers to boot.