CloneZilla with Windows 10 and Office 2016 - Licences issues?

Hello again!

So far I enjoy my stay here. on this forum. I get plenty of useful information about windows 10, so thanks about that!

I have another odd question today.. with my current operating system Mint, after installation I got used to this: Install the OS, install my programs, configure everything then clone the result using bootable CloneZilla. So if i have a problem I can replace my OS with the clone is about 5 minutes total.

Now I would like to do that with Windows 10 and Office 2016 with my new computer but.. I don't know how this procedure could conflict with Microsoft checking the licenses automatically for both Windows and Office.

Let's say i use my computer for a whole year, during that year, I will receive many updates for both windows and office, the Windows revision might even change, and Microsoft will check my Office license often during that year.

The question is: What would happen if I would replace a broken OS by a clone that is 1 year old? with the older updates, older everything.

Could I get some problems with the licenses in the sense that Microsoft could think that I am trying to authenticate another computer or anything. They could think that I am trying to clone a computer with activated licenses in it, which I highly suspect.

Microsoft is always 10 steps ahead of me on anything these days, they thought about everything.

What do you think ?

Hi-
You might want to consider a more active data protection routine. Windows 10 has a built-in data backup called file history. Link is here: Turn On or Off File History in Windows 10

On my main system, File history runs daily. I use Macrium Reflect weekly to image my system drive, and monthly to clone my system drive. I also copy my data to a protected drive weekly, and clone the data drive monthly.

I've gone through the "my data is missing, and I have to start over" enough times in the past that I try to avoid all that. I may be overly cautious, but #%^& happens, and my backups have saved me a lot of grief several times.

Gary

AndreTen said:

As long as you do this on the same hardware you won't have any issues.

I have the same policy, system image as backup, only software is different - Macrium.

Old software would simply get updated. One question - why don't you refresh your system image every now and then?

Ok thanks
I will look at Macrium