Help Cloning from Perc 4 to Perc 5 controller

[greenwar]

I have a Windows 2003 Server (x32) R2 running on a Dell Poweredge 2600. The server is tired. Just received a Poweredge 2970 with lots of RAM etc. Is there an easy way to clone the 2600 and then install the (Norton Ghost) image over to the 2970 and actually have the image recognize that it needs to use a different driver for the SCSI Perc Subsystem? Last time I copied an IDE to a SCSI, was with XP and I ended up doing a repair from the XP CD, but since my original 2003 CD is SP1 and the 2600 has SP2, I'm hesitant to do such. I've never used Sysprep and it sound like it leaves the master machine in a state "ready to install new devices". I don't want ANY changes made to the original 2600 in case the clone doesn't work. Suggestions are most welcome. You'd think one would be able to copy the drivers somewhere over to the machine to be copied and then somehow edit the clone before boot such that it knows to look for the new drivers. The 2600 is running a PERC 4 SCSI subsystem and the new 2970 is running a PERC 5. I am using BART PE with Ghost 11. Someone help me out here. I've read web info until I'm blue and see no obvious easy answer. THANKS !

[Disk_Contented]

Ghost image first before you do anything, just to be sure. You can go back to where you were before you made any change.

My own answer would be to change the machine HAL to "standard PC", you must reset it later.
Don't reboot when asked. Shut down instead. Make another ghost that you can use on the new machine.
Install the ghost image to the new hardware. Boot, The hardware would normally be redetected. Asuming you set the new controller to reflect the config of the old, things may work.
If it goes to plan, you will be asked to restart. Don't. Reset the HAL back to something usable first. Use the hardware detection wizard, or maybe ACPI uniprocessor PC for a single processor/core, or ACPI multiprocessor PC for multiple CPU/cores, and reboot when asked. The same detection process will start again, but this time it will be final.
You will have a copy of your original server running on the new hardware. The OS it currently has will be lost.
Download and install the service pack 2 for 2K3 from M$ site.
Restore the original image to the old server to restore it's original state.

If it's any comfort, I have used this process to change mainboards without any fuss. Moved an old HD complete with installed OS to a new machine. Nvidia to Intel to VIA. No worries!

[greenwar]

Ignorant newbie here, so one last question. What tool would I use to reset the HAL. I'm guessing that you might be referring to Microsoft's SYSPrep utility, but I've never used it before, only Ghost. Thanks a bunch.