That's a bit odd, you're attempting to 'retain' your computer configuration
by using the configuration from another computer?
Not following your logic there. You will lose everything that you've
done/customized to the original install. Not to mention, will likely
generate a TON of work getting the 'cloned' image to run properly, not to
mention, this just doesn't sound like a good idea.
Not to be harsh or anything, just making an observation, please don't take
this the wrong way---if you've not accumulated the experience of having to
perform a repair with the OS CD, you likely shouldn't be tackling SID
regeneration problems and hardware redetection issues.
About the only scenario that I'd think about doing it this was-- the last
sole copy of a valid/functioning driver in the whole of computer existence is
only found within the image file of a pc that you'd snapshotted in the past
that no longer exists today--pretty far fetched, I know.
OS Repair from OS CD is pretty significant, but pales in comparison to
reimaging, unless you're working from a script sheet that, say, your senior
pc tech drafted on how to reimage rather than repair OS problems on PCs...
