HD in Pro tower starting to flake, what's the process to replace?

Howdy. I suspect the drive in my early 2008 Mac Pro is starting to flake. I'd like to replace it before it dies. I can figure out which drive to buy and how to install it, but what's the actual process of transferring EVERYTHING (files, settings, applications, passwords, etc.).
i assume I install the new drive, install a fresh copy of the system, and do some sort of Time Machine restore? (and then remove the old drive).
Or is it more complicated/involved? I am currently runnng 10.6 but would like to update to the newest version of OS X.
Thanks!

Rothgarr, I also have an early 2008 Mac Pro and have updated the hard drives. It is really easy to do and you have lots of options.
1. Simple "replacement" solution
- buy a new hard drive, your machine will take up to 4TB
- Install it in one of your spare bays - it is a matter of four screws.
- Format the disc using Disc Utility, making sure under Advanced you use GUID so that it will boot on Intel
- do as The hatter suggests and use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy your existing disc as a bootable copy to the new drive
- Once this process is complete, go to the Preferences pane and select the new drive as the startup and reboot.
You should now be running on the new drive.
2. The 'upgrade' solution
I have tried an SSD in my machine and it reduces the boot time from 25 secs to 5 secs under mountain lion
As the Hatter suggests, I have just put applications on the SSD and run data on a traditional drive.
If you get a large replacement disc you could consider partitioning it into two volumes and clone your original and then install the latest OS on the spare volume to see if you like it. This way you move between systems. I maintain 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and now 10.8 on my machine. This allows me to use some old software that is not compatible with the latest system.
Good luck.

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