Can I clone my HDD to a new HDD without buying an external enclosure?

Sorry to start a new thread, I can't seem to find a solution to my problem.
I have a new 250gb hard drive that I want to swap out w/ my old overloaded 80gb in my Powerbook (running 10.4). I also have a 3.5" USB external hard drive that I have my user folder backed up to (I read I can't boot from that since its USB). I also can't find my original OS X install disk
I figure I could buy a 2.5" external and copy everything to my new HDD in there and then install the new HDD my Powerbook. OR I could buy a new OS install disk and after swapping hard drives I could install Tiger on my Powerbook and then copy all of my files from my external.
Is there any way I can do this without having to buy a new 2.5" enclosure for my old 80gb hdd (which probably won't last much longer), or buying a new OS install disk? Thanks!

Hi, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Sorry to start a new thread, I can't seem to find a solution to my problem.
No, no, feel free to start a new Topic anytime, it's almost always better.
Well, if you had access to another Mac, you could use FW Target Mode to copy it both ways...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
But without an Install disk, you'd have to clone it with carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
to have it bootable.

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