I have seen queries before about the need to rebuild a rescue media when a new version is released and the answer usually is "it depends". I am using Macrium, Image for Windows and Hasleo and usually have two programs installed. Doing this on multiple pc and laptop in the home, it's a fairly frequent occurrence. Many of the pc have slightly varying hardware, so with redundancies there are quite a few usb sticks in circulation. I know the best way to test anything is to restore an image but I am happy to test if my USB stick can reboot and see the images on my harddrive. While building the rescue media on the device that is meant to be rescued is the best approach, I noticed that I can use some USB on alternative devices and assume the hardware is similar enough. Can I draw the conclusion that a usb stick that can boot up a pc/laptop and see the image of the original device is as good as a USB made on the original device?
Not unless you can see the restoration target drive/volume on the system trying to us the UFD. That's the only way to know if your UFD supports the possible restoration you might need on that system (the device driver may be missing).
Great and just to clarify, if I use a UFD done on PC A and successfully go into rescue boot on System B, see the image I want to use (from System B or potentially another pc) and the drive on System B, I should be ok.
