Office 2008 used to merely check for a valid ist file in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/ist and that it contained a valid serial number and did not check this against the hardware for changes. You would have the same problem if you put the original unaltered drive in to a different Mac because then even though the volume UUID would be unchanged the serial number of the Mac logic board would be different. As you have restored it to a different drive that volume has a different UUID and hence the license file that was restored does not match your previous configuration. In this case it not only checks the serial number of the Mac, but also the Volume UUID of the volume it is being installed on. Office 2011 is a lot more sneaky about how it verifies the license.
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