Multiple PC's

I just purchased a copy of True Image Home 2012. If I install and register the CD on one of my PC's, is this the only PC I can make a backup of the hard drive?
Thank you.

The reason I bought this was to back up the data on my hard drive that has XP. I want to format the hard drive, possibly add a newer larger drive and install Win 7 x64. This will not look like the same machine as far as I can tell and I won't be able to restore my data to the new disk. Is this true with a standard license?
Thanks
George
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George,
You are OK. You will be able to restore your XP system even on a different disk. On a different computer, that would be a different story.
Remember that if you restore a partition or a disk, the target partition or disk will be erased completely.

Thank you. It sounds like I'll be OK.
I was just wondering when a computer ceased to be "the same machine". A new motherboard?
thanks
George
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George4 wrote:I was just wondering when a computer ceased to be "the same machine". A new motherboard?
That is certainly Microsofts definition, I think Acronis' is slightly looser.
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On a clear disk you can seek forever

Multiple PCs:
I purchased Acronis 2021 Family Pack for three computers.
I have one hard drive for my computer backups.
Can my three computers be backed up to the same hard drive? Will Acronis overwrite backups from different computers? Or do I need three separate hard drives for my three computers to be backed up to?
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Donald, welcome to these public User Forums.
The best advice I can offer to you is to create separate folders on your backup drive, one for each PC that will use it for backups, then try to use clear & obvious backup task names that will avoid any chance of generating files with the same names from more than one PC.
Example: all backups from PC 1 have names that start 'PC1-....' etc.
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Acronis Links : Acronis Scheduler Manager : Acronis VSS Doctor : Backup Archive Compatibility : Cleanup Tool (All versions) : Cloning Disks : Contact Acronis Support : Difference between Backup and Disk Clone : Repair program / settings
MVP Assistant (Log Viewer) latest version see pinned topic in ACPHO forum page.
MVP Custom PE Builder available from Community Tools page.
Acronis True Image User Guides available from Product Documentation page.
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