How do I upgrade my 320gb HDD to a new 750gb HDD and install OSX?

Hi all,
I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro with a 320gb HDD, and i've bought a 750gb Western Digital HDD to replace it.
How do I:
Install OSX on to the new 750gb Drive?
Move all my data from my 320gb drive to the new 750gb drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated Cheers!

Hi John,
You would have to replace the old disk with the new disk, then you can run the Mac os X installation disk and install it on your new device (when the installation starts, you first have to format the disk in the until menu if the disk is new, otherwise the installation program does not see it)
For getting the content over to your new installation... It depends what you mean with data. I replaced my disk a while ago as well and reinstalled all software manually and only copied documents, photos etc. In that case just copy your libraries (iPhoto, iTunes, iWeb domain file (if you use it)) and documents to a separate hard disk and copy them back to your Mac after the installation.
In my eyes, the best option would be to buy an external hard disk case so that you can put your old disk in that case and use it as an external usb hard disk. That makes copying your data back much easier... And this way you can still copy files even a month later (in case you forgot something, which in my case always happens ;))
Good luck,
Nico

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