Replacing system drive

Hi there,
I want to replace my system drive with a larger drive. What is the best method for copying over the entire system drive and make it bootable as it will become my new system drive?
Cheers,
Noah

The method I usually like is to clone out your current drive to your new drive (buy an external drive enclosure for the purpose) using Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. Once done, boot up holding down the Option key to make sure the new drive is bootable. Then physically swap the drives. You can use the old drive in the enclosure as a spare or backup drive.
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