[dnanian]

Authorizations, if specific to the hard disk or its structure, won't get copied, Colin -- or rather, while we'll copy them, they probably won't work on the new drive. This has nothing to do with the "temporary and system-specific files" (which are things like temporary files and VM swap files that have no meaning across a boot), but because of the nature of much of this copy protection.

CopyCatX, since it copies at a very low level, might allow these authorizations to survive... I honestly don't know.

You can *try* with SuperDuper! for free, of course, because you can do a full copy without registering.