MB - that is indeed even simpler! What happens to drive letters, however? I understand you are saying I do not need to change the boot order in BIOS? Obviously I will be removing the IDE before the reboot, but is it now going happily to find NTDLR/boot.ini etc on the 'T' drive?
TD - loads of cloning software around, a lot freeware. I find XXClone to be excellent.