Thanks for everyone's reply, I'll try to keep it safe and just use the clone tools over ethernet while I sleep at night. My normal job here at work is to deploy our desktops or to wipeout and reinstall all basic data when an employee leaves or fills their computer with a virus, so I'm really used to using imaging tools like ghost.
I noticed the post about cloning to a higher serial number, what's up with this? Is this a bug, hopefully fixed with the next version? Sounds a little strange to only work one way.
Thanks for your replies again, I'll let you know how it goes.