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Leon, save yourself the grief (plus a lost day or 2, plus all of the heart attack moments), and hand it off to your mate.
There are plenty of cloners out there, like Ghost or Acronis, but you really want to be comfortable with what you are doing.
If it is to a new machine, then you add a lot of new unknowns, such as drivers for new motherboards, add-on cards etc, that your old OS wasn't aware of.
In your shoes, I would just backup the important stuff, and start fresh with the new one, and restore your important data onto the new system. Then reinstall all of the important software.
Also, with a clean install you get a smooth running system, without all of the junk files and part-time apps that may have been installed over the years.
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