How do I backup my Ubuntu 9.10 system and then restore it to a new machine with different hardware?

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I have a nicely configured Ubuntu 9.10 machine, with crossover linux (from Codeweavers) installed. I have the Nvidia drivers installed. Everything is just as I want it.

Now I want to move to a new machine with different hardware: different sized hard drive, different size RAM, different video card, etc. I tried the technique suggested on Ubuntu forums, "Howto: Backup and restore your system!". The results:

New system complains about swap not being found
New system complains about not finding Nvidia hardware, and I can't open the System->Administration->Hardware Drivers application (i.e., /usr/bin/jockey-gtk) to fix the problem.
As result of nvidia, X-Windows is throwing errors, and the on screen process for fixing X-Windows isn't working.

How do I restore a backup of my old system, including my Crossover Linux installation, to a new machine with different hardware installed?

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