How do I clone my hard drive prior to a OSX update?

Greetings,
I'm going to update my Macbook OSX software to Snow Leopard and from everything I've read it's a good idea to clone my existing hard drive in case something goes amiss and I need to use the old system again.
How do I go about doing this?
Many thanks for any help.
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Use a tool such as the Disk Utility, SuperDuper, or Carbon Copy Cloner.
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