An inexpensive solution with some similarity to media tools:
http://diydatarecovery.nl/DiskPatch.htm
Version 3 of disk patch just came out. DP does reverse cloning and much more.
The maker of copyr.dma also makes a commercial version with more capabilities called hd duplicator.
Freeware:
pcinspector's clonemaxx works quite well, though the interface is bland
http://www.pcinspector.de/clone-maxx/uk/welcome.htm
Here some info about using cmaxx when your hdd has bad sectors:
open cmaxx.scr and go to "sectorCount = 256", Change it to "sectorCount = 1".
Happy Hoidays,
Brahman