How do I clone my hard drive, I want to replace my early 2008 MBP 15"?

I want to know what is the correct way to clone my early 2008 MacBook Pro hard drive, I own SuperDuper. I want to clone the original hard drive and then replace the hard drive with a new 7200 rpm, I have heard the best way to this is to clone the original hard drive, and then once the new hard drive is installed migrate the clone back to the new hard drive.
Can some either give me the steps to this or point where I can get detailed information on how to do this.
As always thanks in advance.
Kindest Regards,
Sebastian

Since you have SuperDuper already, it's simple.
1) Connect an external drive, launch SuperDuper and run a backup (SmartBackup is fine, too).
2) Swap out the drives in the MBP.
3) Connect the external drive to the MBP and boot from it (hold option key at startup).
4) Launch SuperDuper, click the Restore tab, and Restore from the boot drive to the new internal drive.

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