The Dissimilar Bare Metal feature provides the ability to restore a backup from one computer to a second computer of a different make, model, or hardware configuration. This section provides details for the proper configuration and use of this feature.
Note: Dissimilar restores are not supported for Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
Dissimilar image-based restore limitations for WinPE 1.5 environments
To perform dissimilar image-based restores for WinPE 1.5 clients