Upgrading Final Cut Express to Final Cut Studio

What are the steps to preserve/upgrade/transfer files when upgrading from Final Cut Express 4 to Final Cut Studio?
Such an upgrade isn't referenced in the Final Cut Studio documentation. The only reference to FCE is "You can open and use projects created with earlier versions of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express, but you need to specify how you want Final Cut Pro to handle the color space in these files."
Can I drag and drop the whole ~/Documents/Final Cut Express Documents/ folder into a Final Cut Studio folder?

Not really sure what you're asking. FCE projects can be opened in FCP. The media is not relevant to the project. It doesn't get moved or it doesn't need to be. Any media captured in FCE can be imported into an FCP project, though Pro gives you more options for capture
If you want to keep the original FCE project, just duplicate the project file and open one into FCP and keep the other for FCE.

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