:: Does this work reliably when switching the whole system
:: (motherboard, processor, disk controller, ...)?

Define reliably! :)  For most Workstations this works fine, Servers 
need a bit of planning and home PC's can be a nightmare.

:: Won't the system load the wrong
:: drivers before it can recognize that it needs other drivers and
:: starts to install them?

The cloning software I'm most familiar with has a utility that allows 
drivers to be preloaded.

W7 and to some extent Vista have a better database of drivers inbuilt 
and at the very least will boot and just require the new MB CD to be 
inserted.

W7 beta/RC1 loaded onto my 4 year old system with no problem, only the 
sound card wasn't recognised.

Colin
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