Clean migration from internal drive to 2nd internal

My hardware and software have always been tidy compared to others (judging from questions posted here, elsewhere, and seeing/using other people's Macs). However, after upgrading to Leopard, a couple of quirky problems have been driving me nuts -- problems I've posted as questions here in these forums (namely, keyboard lockout after screen sharing and alias folder repositioning). Don't know if those are actually current OS glitches or if it's just my system. Also, a third party app is no longer printing certain fonts.
Now with a spankin' new hard drive arriving soon (for other reasons), I want to do a "clean install" and migrate everything from my stock 160GB, then reformat that old little drive for other uses. I figure I might as well tidy up some more while upgrading the internal HDD. It could help iron out any minor quirks in the process and streamline the MacOS.
But I've never used +Migration Assistant+ before. Don't know if it's relevant now. I've never done an +Erase and Install+ either from DVD, though I've been reading up about it. My DVD is a 10.5.1 retail version.
Question is:
*What's the most clever way to proceed?*
For example, should I:
1. Physically install new drive in 2nd bay, run +Disk Utility+ to reformat, insert Leopard DVD and do +Erase and Install+, then run +Migration Assistant+ ? This seems logical.
-or-
2. First use Leopard DVD to do +Archive and Install+ onto the current Leopard 160GB, then do physical install of new drive in 2nd bay, use +Carbon Copy Cloner+ to mirror all contents, restart from new cloned drive, then delete Previous System folder within same, then reformat the older drive? This seems more clever.
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Other cleverness?

I don't see the need for 2. You can do 1. or you can use CCCloner to clone the current install to the new drive and then do an archive and install on that directly. This will leave the original drive intact so that in case of problems you can always go back to it.
Do keep in mind that whether you use Migration Assistant or do an archive and install some of the problems you are having now might get transplanted to the new install. The only really clean way to do this is via manual migration. it's pretty tedious but will produce the cleanest system.
You'd have to do an erase and install on the new drive and then migrate what you need by hand from the old drive.
see this post for the list of things to move.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6185507

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