MIGRATION TO A NEW HDD

I am thinking of buying a new larger Hard Disk to put into my Macbook 13".
Can somebody tell me if I can migrate the whole present disk (as it is) complete with apps.
If it can be done please tell me how.
I had the thought of installing the operating system and then restoring using Time Machine.
But will this install EVERYTHING?
regards Barry

I'd get an external drive and clone one drive to the other. You can also get connectors which allow you to temporarily connect a bare (no enclosure) drive to the computer for quick file transference.
http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php
Cloning And Backup Tools
A bootable clone is an exact copy of your drive which is capable of booting your computer. Making a copy of your computer which is capable of actually starting the computer requires special copying procedures which simply dragging files in Finder won't achieve. Some people just back up data files but if you have problems you have to reinstall all your operating system and all your applications. With a bootable clone you just start up from the backup drive and clone back everything.
To clone one hard drive to another hard drive you can use:
[CarbonCopy Cloner|http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html] (donationware)
[SuperDuper|http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html] (shareware)
[IBackup|http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/index.html] (free)
The Restore function of Disk Utility included in OS X. [Kappy's directions|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8799711#8799711]
[Tri-Backup (commercial)|http://www.tri-edre.com/english/tribackup.html] (payware)
[Kappy's Backup Software Recommendations|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9065665#906 5665]
[Overview of Mac OS X Backup Programs|http://8help.osu.edu/1247.html]

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