I want to upgrade my main Mac Pro HD...

What is the best way to upgrade to a larger 1.5TB or 2TB hard drive on my Mac Pro?  I've just gone under the 200GB mark on my main 1TB Hard Drive and would like to upgrade it.  But I would like to do it so it doesn't leave me with any problems or missing files or aliases.
Any advice?
Thanks!

It doesn't make much difference which drive you use.  If you have two externals that have been properly prepped then just clone from one volume to the other:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4.Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
You could use SuperDuper! or CCC, true, but I have found that when one is cloning startup volumes Disk Utility is the best choice because of the extra error checking it performs - which makes it slower than SD or CCC.

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