Tranfering my 250GB primary drive image to a new 750GB drive

I purchased a new G5 with dual 3.0 and a 250 hard. I recently purchased an additional 750GB drive that i would like to make my primary drive. what is the easiest way to move all the data including operating system to the new drive and have it become the new master startup drive.

Hello! Install the new drive and format it then clone the old drive to the new using Disk Utility, CarbonCopyCloner, or SuperDuper and then change the startup disk in the system pref panel. I'd run the clone for a while to make sure it's working ok before erasing the original drive. You could leave the old drive as is and add another folder to it to backup your documents. Tom

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{quote:title=Bauhausler wrote:}I understand that I can't move the images directly from one drive to another.{quote}
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Regards
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