There is a huge difference between "A Hardware Independent Image" and restoring an image onto different hardware.
If you want to be a good technician you need to learn about what the problems really are and how to change them.
Basically the only big problems are the hal (hardware abstraction layer) and the different hard drive controller drivers.
Once those 2 things have been changed, windows will boot and happily redetect all the other hardware.
Once you figured those out, rather than being limited to a certain image program you will be able to use any image program rather than just a more expensive one that does all the work for you. You'll never be a good tech if you just buy specialized programs for everything and if you get a job working for a big company your going to need to use what they got until your in a positition to be able to tell them what they need.
Dave
