I am replacing my Hard Drive and need to know how to xfer my files

Hi all, and thanks for taking the time to read this. I will be upgrading my HD on my Powerbook 15 AL and wanted to know what the best way of transferring, not only the files themselves, but also all the preferences (iphoto, safari etc..) bookmarks, etc.
I have a LaCie USB HD connected to my computer and wanted to know...if I just copy every folder to my external HD then copy it all back to the new HD (when I get it) will the applications still all run correctly? Is there anything else I need to do?
Thanks so much

Hey JDee - I waited a few weeks for DW 3.0.3 to be released before I was able to run it on my brand new 10.4 installation last April. What I found was astonishing 29% of my files were out of order! Some other Level 4s posted about this in The Lounge at the time, and I believe that 19% out of order was the minimum. At first I chalked it up to the amount of data I transfered from my 10.3.9 clone using Migration Assistant, but as it turned out, with every clone, I find the same thing. Same when I upgraded my HD last September (I think it was), and cloned to it from my original drive.
So, yes, I do recommend using DW before and after every clone (before on the source, and after on the target). I don't actually know if it's necessary to do regularly with incremental backups, but doing it once in a while can't hurt.
(BTW, How on earth did Richard Tuttle get famous? Yeesh.)

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