Cloning a hard drive

Ok so I just got a larger internal hard drive for my 13 inch white macbook (and faster cause it has 7200 rpms). But I don't want to have to reinstall everything all over again (Ilife, all the millions of other programs...) on the new hard drive. So if I buy an external hard drive that's large enough, is there a program out there that would make a clone of my current hard drive so I can transfer everything onto the new hard drive once its installed properly into the computer? And would everything work the same way? Or is better to just reinstall everything?

Jfalconebmop:
First, you don't need to get an external HDD for transferring your data, although having one will be great for regular backups.
You have two basic options:
• Install the OS from disk and them move your stuff over
• Clone the entire contents of the old HDD to the new HDD.
In addition to the new HDD you will need to get an external Firewire enclosure for your 2.5" SATA drive. So here's how it will work:
Clone Old HDD to new HDD using SuperDuper
• Install new HDD in computer
• Format new HDD (post back for step by step directions)
• Install old HDD in firewire enclosure
• Connect enclosure to computer
• Download and launch SuperDuper
• In the Copy field select your external HDD (old HDD in enclosure)
• "To" is your newly installed and formatted HDD
• Using backup all files
• Click Options button
• Check Repair Disk Permissions on Source
• During copy Erase Destination HDD then copy from Source
• On successful completion Quit SuperDuper
If you wish to install from disk and migrate, please post back for directions.
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