Can I create a Bootcamp partition without installing Windows immediately?

I have a clone of my bootcamp that contains Windows 7, but can't restore to the Clone without a Bootcamp partition.
I am running Lion.
Is there anyway to create the bootcamp partition without the Windows Install Disk?...if so, I could just restore my Cloned Bootcamp onto the Bootcamp Parition.
Thank you,
AK

Wait...after I hit send, I realized you had cloned your boot camp parition with winclone.  My bad...well, you can always try putting the cloned partition on the exFAT partition, if possible.  I think what I had to do when I bought a new hard drive was to boot into the old had drive.  I then attached the new drive with a handy universal drive kit (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3NVSPATA/).  I think I used iPartition to create an NTFS partition on my new drive. I then copied my cloned Windows partition onto the new drive.

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