@dustinb3403 when i say VHD i am referring to the Mountable VHD contained in the Windows system image folder created by windows, however the proper way to phrase it the end desired result is to take that windows image and apply it to a blank HDD, i just want to know if anyone has had success doing this without the windows repair disk and or if its even possible.

@dustinb3403 I appreciate the recommendation of alternate imaging software and i personally would love to use them but my mission is to get the VHDs stored in the windows image to transfer over directly to a blank HDD, no matter the method used the windows image must be the source of the restoration.

@dustinb3403 ah yes i neglected to mention we are able to clone the drive via clonezilla but a lot of the times the users have to continue work while we send out a new drive, so as of now i only have a windows image to work with, with the constraint of not being able to use a repair disk

it would take the rout you have suggested but unfortunately there are a lot of special designed programs that are difficult to reinstall without having the machine present