Hard Drive and Memory Upgrade

I recently got an 8.0GB Memory Kit and a 1.0TB Hard Drive for my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to install both of these without losing my data? Can I transfer my data to the bigger hard drive?

It is indeed extremely simple — so simple that even Apple thinks you can do it without any problem, and provides instructions for doing so right in the little owner's guide that came with your computer. It's a great deal more complicated in the pre-unibody MBPs, and Apple doesn't regard it as a DIY proposition in them.
EDIT: Ah, I see you're running OS X 10.5.3. If that's the case, you can't be using a unibody MacBook Pro (they all require at least 10.5.5), and you may very well not want to change the drive yourself.
And unless it's a 17" model, a 1TB drive won't fit into it.
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