Hard drive data swap (internal)

I have a g5 dp1.8 (2004) It has a 160 gig HD I bought a 500 how do I swap data from one hard drive to the other? and is it ok to use a 500gig or do I have to use 2 250's? I have 3.5 gigs or ram if that matters

Hi rhymeplaymusic, and a warm welcome to the forums!
You can use any combo of drives up to 2.1 TB, so you're fine.
how do I swap data from one hard drive to the other?
Not quite sure what you mean, or want... do you want all the data on the smaller drive on to the new bigger one?
If so, Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Or SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/

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Yes, but you are very likely to get in trouble very quickly.
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