Cloning Original HD - Mac Pro 3,1; 10.6.8 (Early 2008), New GC, New 16GB RAM...

Thanks to the advise of knowledgeable folks in here I went ahead and purchased a new GC (NVidia GForce 8800) and 16 GB of RAM from Amazon for my early 2008 Mac Pro. Everything is going great but as I keep on looking ahead, I keep reading it's also wise to clone my original startup HD. This is something totally new for me so if you could spare a few minutes, please advise on such move. (best hd to buy for the job, software and also, please, best practices and a simple stpe-by-step 'sorta' thing to follow). Thanks a million!

Just go out, download and buy a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner. Read the help and visit its site home page.
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Also there is SuperDuper with an excellent built in pdf help manual and free to try out both.
Bootable backup. Dumps the volume to another volume and makes an exact copy. Can also be used for archiving.
Keep a couple. One 'original' and one that is current. Never install updates or changes without making sure you have a clone.
Your safety net in case of failure or trouble.
Also used to 'move' or copy the system to a new drive, such as an SSD.
Once you look at the program and choose the Source and Destination Target I think just try it and should be self explanatory more than words.

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