New System Drive?

[vizx]

I've been reading a bit, but I'm still confused about how to make the new HD I just installed the main/system/C drive, and make the "old" drive into a storage drive...using Vista Ultimate 64...

the current C: drive is a Seagate 320mb (shows up as 289.9 gb, Disk 0 in "disk management")...in addition to the OS there's only about 3 gb of files on it...

I installed and formatted a Raptor 150gb (shows as E drive,139.73 gb, Disk 1)...I want to make this the C drive, and move the OS and all the current files from the Seagate on to the Raptor...

So I would need to "clone" the drive, correct? Would I use the "Complete PC Back Up" tool included with Vista? Or Data Lifeguard from WD (will this work with Vista 64?)? Or a utility from Seagate?

How would I then make the Raptor the main drive that the system starts up from? Can I change the letter from E to C on the Raptor without reinstalling or reactivating Vista (I have an OEM copy of Vista from Newegg)?

then i would reformat the Seagate after the Raptor has the OS and files on it?

I understand the basic concept of what I need to do, but I'm getting caught up in the details...thanks in advance for any help guys...

 

[vizx]

sorry for being a bit long-winded in the post above...i could have summarized my question better...

anyway, this is what i did, and maybe it will help someone with a similar question...I downloaded and ran the Seagate/Acronis Disk Wizard...chose "clone" option, and it was pretty self-explanatory from there...very straightforward utility...choose "clone" and "make bootable" options...

when it was done, it gives you the option to shut the computer down...then switched the SATA ports the respective hard drives were plugged into on my mobo- so the Raptor was now plugged into the SATA0 port and the Seagate is in another port..

when I restarted, the Raptor was automatically set as the "new" C drive, and the Seagate as the "new" E drive...didn't have to mess with the boot order in the BIOS or reinstall/activate windows...

now I'll reformat the E drive to free up the space and just use it as storage...hope this helps other noobs like myself...