So, just to be clear.
- My laptop gets stolen
- I purchase a new laptop
- I install Macrium Reflect
- I connect to my NAS
- And that's it?
Well, with laptops, you may run into licensing issues for the OS.
The OS license from the old laptop belongs to that laptop. NOT the new one.
But if this is a OS license YOU purchased, no problem.
Also, you need a Macrium Rescue USB.
Any small blank USB to boot from.
On the menu in Macrium, Other Tasks - Create Rescue media.
In the replacement system, you boot from the Macrium Rescue USB.
Tell it where the Image is (on the NAS) and what drive to apply that Image to.
Click the GO button.
Of course, this also only applies if the laptops are
identical.
But really, for a new laptop that comes with its own OS...it is almost certainly far easier to just install your specific applications, and leave its OS as is.
No worries about the license, etc.
After you get it all running, you can mount the Image as a drive letter, and retrieve whatever personal files you had in the old system.