Give Acronis a go, dependant on which hard drive you bought you can sometimes get a free basic download, failing that download a copy of Hirens BootCd that has some old cloning software that should work.
Good luck!
Always a bit of a danger doing this kind of a favour for our less tech savvy friends/neighbours, as soon as they forget to do it they'll be at your door looking for assistance.
Good on you for sorting it for him though! :)