restore disk image to different drive type but same machine

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I have my win XP OS installed on a PATA drive and I have a TrueImage
image of the OS for that drive.

Question: can I restore the image to another SATA (not PATA) disk on
the same computer?

I'm trying to migrate away from the PATA drive to the SATA drive and I
don't want to have to reinstall everything. I can change the boot
order in the BIOS to accommodate the SATA drive.

Also, some installed software uses a disk signature for licensing.
Will the disk signature carry over to the new disk or will I have to
redo the software license?

Thanks in advance.
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