I would like to make two laptops clones of each other

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  • med458
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    • Dec 2022
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    I would like to make two laptops clones of each other

    Hello I am eager to take two laptops with identical specs and modify the internal UUID, serial numbers, MAC address, etc... so that the laptops are clones of one another. I was going to try it with two Lenovo T480 units, but from what I read, it seems if I flash the MEC1653 nvram and use the Lenovo bios management tool to restore the UUID, I am unable to set a user-defined UUID and instead a random one is generated, so it is impossible to create a clone. I read about Asus tools for modifying these variables in these forums, such as Coffee and FD44Editor, but the software also came with warnings to not use the serials, IDs that did not come with the original computer, I do not know why.

    So I am at a loss, wondering if anyone else has tried it and if there are any suggestions on the best make/model of computer that I can obtain to make success likely in this goal. Can it be done? What is the best way.

    Thanks in advance for any input that you can provide.
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