Updating backup copy of HD

Hi there, I created a backup of my HD when I first bought my imac last year and i'm now looking to update this as I have a few modifications to my setup from then.
My OS and applications such as Logic Pro, Quicktime, iTunes etc are now all newer versions than the ones I have on the backup so i'm looking at doing away with the older backup and creating a fresh one.
What I did originally was purchase an external HD, which I partioned into 2 parts, 1 as a bootable volume for a backup and 1 that is used for time machine. I partioned this external HD using disk utility then I set the large partion up for time machine and I used superduper to clone my internal drive to the smaller partion.
What i'm after is some advice on what would be the most efficent way of updating my backup?
Is it simply a case of deleting the copy that I already have and cloning my drive again and adding it to the volume or is there a more suited way of doing it?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Bryan

Thanks for the help Fortuny.
I think i'll just do it the long way round for now then and create another clone of the full HD as i'm a bit short on cash! In the future I would definately look into purchasing the full version though
One more question:
What order would be best for doing this update?
Cloning my HD again then deleting older version and replacing with new
or
Deleting older version from partion then cloning drive again
The reason I ask this is that I don't think the partion I created will fit two backups of my HD and i'm not sure if I can clone my HD to an alternative temp location till the older one is removed. Is it possible to clone it to one location then move to another?
Thanks
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