Installing operational system (MAC OS  X) on a new hard drive

Hey Guys,
My Mac Pro came with 250GB of hard drive so I bought a new hard drive, installed it (1TB) and it works just fine but; how can I transform this disk so It can become my main hard drive?
- Do I have to install Mac os X on it? (how do I do that?)
- Is this even possible?
I just want to have more space on my hard drive when working on big projects (graphic design) cuz I only have like 30 GBs of space on my main one so the 1TB one works for me just as an external drive but inside of my Mac Pro.
Can someone give me a hand on this?
Thanks!

I would buy more drives.
Clone your current drive to the 1TB, yes.
SuperDuper $29 is your bet shot.
Keep the old drive as backup.
Use #3 as new backup/clone or for TimeMachine.
Migrate all your project files to drive #4, just change the application preferences to new location.
Shame you waited so long. New drives will also give you a bit better disk performance.

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