New 2nd Mac Pro boot drive (ssd) how do I know which is booted?

Both boot drives are Leopard. Also how do I switch between them safely? Is this do-able w/o restarting? The restart surprised me and I damaged one, maybe more older externals, so I'm gunshy about moving ahead... Need conceptual and practical help.
My original boot drive is in pre-fail status (according to OWC software), so I want to use the new ssd rather than risk the old boot drive to back-up everything - system, Time Machine and photos - to a partitioned new 4Tb ext'l drive... I assume I should be able to do this with the SSD and then retire my orig'l boot dr?... Does this make sense? Many thanks...

OK, this is good to get cleared up, and helps sharpen my question: What are the actions that jeapordize external drives in cases like this? I can guess a few: pulling out the firewire/usb etc cable while they are mounted and the computer is on? Or, If they are powered, switching them off or pulling the plug out of the electric outlet before ejecting?
There must be others because I didn't do either of these before getting the message that the drive was improperly disconnected and was likely damaged. I did perform "command-option-eject" just before getting the above warning message (I actually was told to do that command at the Genius Bar in order to switch boot drives ) but perhaps there was more I was supposed to do but forgot...Can you think of others - why I screwed up so badly? It keaves me so hesitant and worried around this beautiful machine....?

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