System image onto other HDD

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Since upgrading my old PC slightly, Ive lost my IDE ports for my optical and I dont have another spare to do a clean install of windows.

Now I know I can back up my current HDD (with windows on) and do an image onto another HDD.

My question is, can I then use this image on the other HDD? or do I have to unpack it (like unzipping rars)?

Is there any quick way of moving the data from one HDD to another without a clean install?
 
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