How do I backup my HDD in dual hard drive configuration (the other is an SSD)?

I have 2 hard drives in my Macbook Pro 15" early 2011. I think people are becoming more familiar with this arrangement: the boot drive is the SSD located in the original hard drive bay and my old 500 GB hard drive is in a data doubler in the optical bay.
I'm trying to replace the 500 gig drive with 1TB drive i bought today. Any ideas how to clone the old 500 gig onto the new one?
Thanks

download and install carbon copy cloner - free - and use it to do the clone.
you'll need a USB external enclosure - around $10 - install your new drive there and proceed with the clone.

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