Solved: Creating New Sata boot drive

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz, x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 2047 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 39997 MB, Free - 16649 MB; D: Total - 35997 MB, Free - 35593 MB; E: Total - 35997 MB, Free - 35634 MB; F: Total - 35997 MB, Free - 34404 MB; H: Total - 305242 MB, Free - 223878 MB; Y: Total - 476937 MB, Free - 476854 MB; Z: Total - 476937 MB, Free - 476261 MB;
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., 8I915P Duo Pro
Antivirus: None

Above is my current configuration.

Ignore Drive H this is an external USB drive

The system boots from IDE channel 0 and the CD/DVD drive is a slave.

The two Sata drives are on IDE Channel 2 as Master and Slave.

I Have an ISO copy of Windows on Sata drive Z . This is where I streamed the sata drivers using nLite.

This is what I want to achieve

Copy the OS to Sata drive Y. remove The IDE drive. Install the CD/DVD drive as Master on IDE channel 0 and boot from The Sata Drive.

Is this the right way to Go?

If I do this there are several programmes I wont be able to reinstall so can I do this

Create a backup image file of the boot drive using windows backup or Nero Backitup and then restore the backup to Sata drive Y