Will a memory stick created with the media creation tool boot ANY Windows machine in order to restore a backup

[Raj Seshu]

I understand that I can use Windows backup to create a dedicated DVD that can be used to boot the machine on which it was created. That's great. However, suppose I use the windows media creation tool to create a memory stick for machine A. But then I need to restore machine B. Can I use that memory stick to boot machine B, and then use a backup created for machine B? Or is it the case that a memory stick created with the media creation tool works ONLY for the machine on which it was created? I.e. is it "dedicated" to that specific machine? If it helps, I have a Dell 7010 desktop and two Asus E

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