What program for backing up my windows-partition?

hey. i recently made a new partition using boot camp assistant.
its formatted as ntfs with windows 7. the problem is, i need more space.
the logical thing to do is to clone the windows-partition from os x, then delete it.
this way i could just make a new one with more space, and restore the image i cloned earlier.
ive seen many giving winclone a chance for this specific job.
i also tried winclone, but i encountered a problem which is (according to many people) due to the fact that
winclone has certain issues/problems with cloning a partition with windows 7.
after around 20 seconds into the cloning process, i get an error message.. probably
because of what i mentioned above.
a quotation "Winclone on Snow Leopard (10.6) has an issue cloning Windows 7 (NTFS) partitions. Disabling compression in Preferences may resolve this."
i would like to check in the preferences of winclone to see if disabling this compression might do the trick,
the only problem is - i cannot locate any preferences.. anywhere. how come?
and, is there a better and just as simple alternative to winclone out there, to pull this job?

Your question is a Windows question really and has nothing to do with a Mac or OS X. You may find some help in the Boot Camp forum though. Click Apple Support Communities they type Boot Camp.
Good luck.
Roger

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Obviously 2.0 is recent!
I checked it out previously and also this month's MacWorld mentions no FAT32 support.
BTW, your tone is pretty rough and not appreciated!
You may carry on as the resident Boot Camp expert, I will not try to help in threads you are participating.
I see nothing objectionable in my tone. Tone is difficult to "read" on a board.
What, exactly did I write that was "rough?"
I just reread my post and it is factual and accurate.
There is nothing "rough" about corrections. I am corrected on a regular basis. It's part of life.
If anything your post refuted what I said and may have confused others. You basically "corrected" my post erroneously. I stand on my posts.
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