Is there an easy way to mirror-image the entire contents - OS, registry, programs, files, etc - onto the hard drive of a desktop machine?The desktop has an OS and works okay. I just don't want to go through the hassle of trying to load up every program and file, and then tweak until I get on the deskto what I have currently on the laptop.Ed1 person needs an answerI do too

In a word, No.The reason is that when you install Windows, it loads drivers for the network card, CPU, graphics card, disk interface card, etc. that are used on that particular computer. I guess it would work if you found another computer with exactly the same motherboard, chipsets, graphics cards, (in other words, all hardware), but to find a desktop that has the same hardware as a notebook would be unbelievably rare. Also, some computer manufacturers have BIOS-locked versions of Windows and you'd have problems validating your copy of Windows on a machine that has a different BIOS.HTH, JW