I don't know about cloning and stuff :P you can google it or go to tomshardware or answers.yahoo.com and you can ask there

and guys i found this website humblebundle.com in which i was able to buy around 6 games for just 1$ and there is bf3 also included in a limited time sale if you pay 5$ you can get 8 games incuding bf3 :D its awsome :D