knopix & disk cloning

From: IANAL_VISTA (IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 21:44:35 GMT

My wife's PC is running Windoze. :-(
The hard drive is giving indications that it is dying;
plus it is 3+ years old.

If I got a replacement disk, how could I boot up Knoppix
and then clone the old drive onto the new hard disk?

Or if there are other no cost (s/w) alternatives,
I'd like to hear about them.

TIA!