Problems copying start up disk to Raptor drive? I'm in a mess here...!

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this quickly, I've got work deadlines approaching and my system's not working properly... aaagh!!
(really wish I hadn't started on this plan now, but hey...)
I'm trying to copy my startup disk from a 128 GB IDE HD (of which approx only 50GB is used), onto a 74GB SATA Raptor drive (running off a Sonnet PCI card).
I want to move an exact copy of the used section (about 50Gb), so that I won't see any difference (except in speed!)... I've tried using Lacie Silverkeeper, and it boots ok, but doesn't seem to have saved all of the various prefs etc (eg. in Logic (6.4).
If I make a clone, (Carbon Copy Cloner?) it'll be about 120Gb, which obviously won't fit on my Raptor. So what can I do??? (Can I get the Carbon Copy Clone onto a drive smaller than the clone itself?)
Help please, this is stressing me out!!!!!!
Thanks!
G4 FW800 1GB/QS2001 1.25GB RAM, (OSX .3.3), iBook G4 (1.2ghz, 1GB RAM, OSX.3.5) Mac OS X (10.3.3) 3 int.HDs, 3 Lacie ext.HDs, Logic Pro 6.4, RME Fireface 800. 4GB iPod Nano.

Hi Vernon...
Have you noticed any performance boost by switching
to the SATA configuration.
Well I'm running 1 SATA Raptor as boot drive, the other 2 HDDs are still ATAs. I have noticed that things seem to have picked up a bit, before things were certainly sluggish by comparison (not that it was deathly slow before). But I'd be a lot happier if it was more stable!
My main issue with the MMD's is that that they seem
to be very picky about upgrades. Anything you add
can cause them to become unstable.
As I'm discovering...
Have you had similar problems in the past? And what was the solution?
G4 FW800 1GB/QS2001 1.25GB RAM, (OSX .3.3), iBook G4 (1.2ghz, 1GB RAM, OSX.3.5) Mac OS X (10.3.3) 3 int.HDs, 3 Lacie ext.HDs, Logic Pro 6.4, RME Fireface 800. 4GB iPod Nano.

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