Upgrading System Disk

I currently have a 40GB System Disk and a 120GB 2nd Disk in my G4 Powermac. I've purchased a second 120GB Disk because I want to replace the 40GB one. My question is do I need to do a fresh system install on the new disk or is there a way of copying everything, including the operating system from the old one to the new?
Many thanks

Hi-
Yes, there is a way.
Temporarily remove the current 120GB drive. Install the new drive.
Boot normally, and use Disk Utility to format the new drive.
Then, download SuperDuper!.
Use SD! to clone the 40GB drive to the new drive.
This will give you an exact duplicate of you current system drive, with all files, settings, etc., as they are now.
When done with the clone, set the newly cloned 120GB drive as startup drive in System Preferences, and restart.
Test the new system drive, to make sure all applications function, mail works, data is present, etc.
When all has checked out, remove the 40GB drive, and reinstall the old 120GB drive.
All done.

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