Copy images to larger drive and LR linking

I’m using Lightroom 4.x on Mac Pro, 10.6.8 OS. MY 1TB internal drive is full so I want to copy all my images to a new 4TB internal drive. I also want to make a back up copy to an external hard drive but not necessarily at the same time.
What is the best way to do this so that Lightroom will have no problem linking to my photos? I’m thinking that making a clone copy via SuperDuper or CCC??
After making the copies to the new larger “originals” hard drive and back up drive, how do I get Lightroom to recognize and to open up the new "originals" drive and link to all my photos?

JimHess wrote:...
If you simply copied the folder, leaving it in its original location, you will have to rename that folder with Lightroom closed before Lightroom will show the folders as missing. I can understand your wanting to simply copy the folder to the new drive. But something has to change in order for Lightroom to consider the folder as missing. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to link to it on the new drive.
I simply copied the folder. I used your suggestion to rename the name of the folder at the original location and indeed there are many "?". The issue still is that the new drive does not appear at all in the list in LR, so I am not able to select anything on the new drive in order to be able to link to it. How do I get the new drive itself to appear on the list on the left side of the LR library panel. The new drive shows up on the desktop but not in LR. I've had to link to photos many times in the past so I'm familiar with that process, but I don't know why the hard drive isn't showing up in LR.

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