How to move referenced images to a new Hard Drive

All my Aperture referenced images (about 80.000) are stored at a 300gb firewire HD. That's not enough and I plan to move all my photos to a new HD, 1Tb probably.
I understand that I can't move the images directly from one drive to another. So what's the easiest and painless way to upgrade and still maintain the integrity of Aperture Library ?

{quote:title=Bauhausler wrote:}I understand that I can't move the images directly from one drive to another.{quote}
Well, that's exactly what you can (and should) do. Then use the "Manage Referenced Files..." command.
Take a look at my answers in this recent thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1721897
Regards
Paul K

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