DiskImagiingSoftwareWindows2000.

@sam15,

Did you confirm it will not work on W2K?

I've used Acronis in the past, but I have not tested their lastest version.  I do not see why it won't work as it supports NTFS and Fat32.

Acronis 8.0 definately did work.
http://www.acronis.com/company/inpress/2005/03-23-infopackets-trueimage.html


Also, Norton Ghost (which I've long since stopped using Ghost to use Acronis) supports a number of file structures.

I would confirm with customer support or test it out with a demo product before writting either of these two products off.  IMO


Otherwise:
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/


Or simply use:  Clonezilla  (which I'd recommend as it is open source)
http://clonezilla.org/

BESR 8.5 Desktop can do the trick. I have tried that before.

http://www.3dtech.com.my/images/symantec/SymantecSystemRecovery.pdf

But, it is a retired product, you may need to do an exhaust sourcing for obtaining BERS 8.5 Desktop.

Great options here.

i have checked with acronis support on trueimage 11 and they said it dose not support windows 2000. I am not sure of acronis 8 does or how you can buy an old version.

Do all of these programs create a bootup disk too in addition to the disk clone image.

BESR 8.5 Desktop includes both a boot CD and a windows installer just like the acorns software

Is the new hardware and motherboard identical to the old one of windows 2000?

yes, it is  a second laptop identical in hardware to the first.