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You could do that to transfer what is now on the 120 SSD to a 120 HDD and then put that HDD back in the same PC that the 120 SSD was in. No problem. The license stays in the same PC, just on a different hard drive.
Cloning to a same size or larger drive usually works. Sometimes doesn't. Imaging may have fewer problems, but cloning is worth a try.
But what do you do about the Windows that will arrive on the 1 TB hard drive in the new PC?
I assume you want to get that Windows onto the SSD and put the SSD in the new machine.
How are you going to do that?
As explained earlier in this thread, I see 2 choices.
1: Imaging. Which you have rejected.
2: Clean install via ISO. Which you may not have rejected?