Upgrading my HDD

I have a 500GB 7200rpm Western digital 2/5inch SATA HDD sitting around, and my MacBook Pro also has a 500GB SATA Hitachi 5400rpm, an I'm planing to upgrade my HDD, replace the slower one with faster one, to get the most out of my Mac, I know how to do the Hardware part, but I have no clue how to make an exact copy of my Macintosh HD on my Western.

Think you should have a Kindle folder in Application Support found in your Library folder (in your home folder). Delete or move the Kindle folder to your desktop.
Having removed the Kindle folder in Application support, go to the Preferences folder also found in the Library folder (in you home folder). Delete (or move to the desktop) this file: com.amazon.Kindle.plist
Now go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fiona/manage
Click on manage your devices.
Deregister your mac from the list.
Start your Kindle application on your mac.
Register the kindle with Amazon.
Your books should be restored. (I hope).

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