Copy file structure for reference

So I have this internal HD that I am replacing with a bigger drive. I plan to put the old drive on the shelf as a backup. I'd like to have a document of all the files on the drive so I don't have to put it back in to see what's on it. I discovered that you can make a list of a folders contents and all sub folders by dragging them into TextWrangler. That's okay, but a little hard to scan visually. Does any one have a better solution? The text file of course is searchable but it would be nice if the snapshot of the drive looked and operated like OSX finder with twirldown folders. I just need the names of the files for reference. I suppose I could make a dummy folder in finder that had alias files of all of them. Anyone have any ideas?

You can't just manually copy files individually from drive to drive. Permissions and metadata can actually get messed up.
Better to use cloning software*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Unless of course your data is exhibiting signs of corruption. In that case, only copy the data files known to be of good structure to the new drive after erase and installing the operating system on the new drive.
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download using your camera software or Image Capture, rename the photos, then import into iPhoto.
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Until then you will have to Share/Export the photos to the desktop. You can then navigate to the desktop to use the photos (example: web uploading from online photo site)
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For email you can also use the email icon within iPhoto to open a message with the highlighted photo attached.
You can also use spotlight to find images in an Album...
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In iPhoto, select the album, then select all, go to Photos/batch change.
Change the comments to text. In the text field I put the name of the Album.
Do this for each album.
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"Since Apple developed its "digital hub", with iLife and now iWork, I have wanted to have a system-wide panel that would let me choose pictures from my iPhoto library without having to open the application.
For example, if I want to add a picture to a TextEdit RTFD document, I had to launch iPhoto, chose the picture, and drag it to the document. Waiting for iPhoto to launch can be long if you have a lot of photos.
But there is a way to get around this, using an Automator action.
1. Open Automator, and click iPhoto.
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