I want to install a larger main hard drive

Hi,
I only have a 80 GB start up drive and have a 250GB IDE hard drive that i would like to replace it with.
Could someone please tell me or give me links to how to physically install,and reformat with all of my current data and settings intact.
I also have diskwarrior if that is of any help and i am also aware of superduper cloning software.
Thanks

You posted in the G4 forum, but your profile lists a G5. Do you have a G4 or G5?
You'll have to install the larger HD in an empty slot. Before installation, set the jumpers to Slave.
The open Disk Utility on you current HD and format the larger HD to HFS+ (journaled). Then you can use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to copy/clone your current HD files to the larger HD. DiskWarrior is not used for the cloning, but you should probably use DW on your current HD before the cloning.
 Cheers, Tom

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