> i tried this same tactic once on a windows nt 4.0 server platform and it
> did not work.
> since the hardware was totally different windows would not startup after
> i installed nt 4.0 into
> a separate partition and then restored the original windows nt c: drive
> via adsm...

This has been the subject of extensive discussion, although in terms of
disaster recovery rather than hardware upgrades. Essentially, hal.dll and the
hardware portion of the registry have to be copied from the partition with the
newly installed Windows NT to the partition restored from ADSM. Searching the
archives for 'hal.dll' should turn up more detailed instructions.