Can anyone walk me through an HD upgrade?

i just purchased a new internal HD. i use my computer so much that i am afraid to mess up and lose valuable time if it is down. i have an external drive i can back up my files on but i am a new mac user so i am unsure on the best way to do so. i also have the original install discs. if anyone could tell me the steps involved or post a link it would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   2GB RAM

Have a look at THIS video. It's real simple to do. Make sure you touch something grounded that's metal before you start (or if you're real careful use a grounding strap).
About the only thing that the video doesn't show is that there's a bracket (which that white tab is attached to) and you need to remove it from the old HD and put it on your new one. You need a Torx® driver to remove the bracket.
What I'd do is put your install discs in before you replace the drive then when you have the new one installed you can start up and hold down the C key and you'll boot to that install disc. Once it has booted you can open Disk Utility from the Menu bar. Format the drive for Mac (which it probably won't be) and once that's down quite Disk Utility and run the OSX installer from the same disc.

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