HD Clone Program

I have a noisy 40 GB HD that I would like to use as a source for a fresh XP installations (kinda like a rescue partition). I want to be able to slave it to another, most likely smaller, HDD and copy the installation over for quicker recovery than a fresh install that requires updates, etc. I may even want to include several variations of the install.

I have tried a program called HDClone (from the UBCD) and really like its interface, however, the free version only does straight small to large size HDD clones. I need to be able to copy from partition to partition, or partition to HD I suppose. Being the cheapskate than I am, are there any FREE programs out there as nice as HDClone that will do what I want to do?

PK

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Partition_Logic_d4780.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Acronis_True_Image_d2236.html (not free)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/DriveImage_XML_d4919.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/EaseUs_Disk_Copy_d4845.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/HDClone_Free_Edition_d3809.html (I think you've already tried this one)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/SelfImage_d5588.html
And there's plenty more in the Back Up section here at Major Geeks. Norton Ghost is the best hard drive imaging app that I've used, but it isn't cheap...