Restore new hard drive from an older one

so i only have 120gb on my current hard drive. im planning on getting a 500gb hard drive to put into my mac, and buy a case for the 120gb hd so i can use it as an external hard drive. the problem is, i dont have an existing external hard drive, so the 120gb one is all i have. i want to keep all my music and photos and all that stuff, so im wondering if i can just replace the internal hard drive with the 500gb one, then connect the 120gb one via usb and restore away.
also: when i install the new hard drive, will i need to use the leopard installation dvd to install, and then transfer my files from my external hd?or will i just be able to transfer everything from the external hard drive right away? and since the external hd should be bootable, when i choose to transfer files from the external(using migration assistant or whatever) should i click use *transfer from existing mac* or *transfer from an external volume* or smth?
thx in advance for the help
Kenneth

i want to keep all my music and photos and all that stuff, so im wondering if i can just replace the internal hard drive with the 500gb one, then connect the 120gb one via usb and restore away.
Yes. Put it into an enclosure such as the case you mentioned and connect it to the computer.
when i install the new hard drive, will i need to use the leopard installation dvd to install, and then transfer my files from my external hd?
Use the installation DVD, or place the 500GB drive in an enclosure, use a tool such as SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your current system to it, put the drive into the computer, and start using it immediately. No migration is needed in the second case.
when i choose to transfer files from the external(using migration assistant or whatever) should i click use transfer from existing mac or transfer from an external volume or smth?
If that step is needed, transfer the data from an external volume.
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