Completely transfer Windows 7 and installed data to another hard drive

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I want to be able to have all my installed data and Windows 7 64 bit completely transferred from my 640GB hdd to my 1TB hdd. But I want to be able to have Windows 7 to be bootable from that new hdd like it is on my 640GB. Is there a surefire way of doing this so that I that even if I took out my original 640GB hdd, I could still boot and use the 1TB the same way I did with the 640GB and so that it would have ALL the same installed data? Sorry if this question doesn't make too much sense, but I'm not sure how to explain it. Should I just use "Administrator Tools" and somehow back EVERYTHING up so that I basically switch the roles of both hard drives?
 

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hmm, so I just want to transfer everything from my current 640GB to my new 1TB, so it'll work EXACTLY like my 640GB. Cuz Currently my 640GB is my boot and install drive, and my 1TB is my storage drive. I'd basically like the two to switch roles :p
 

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Also, my 640GB (my current boot drive) is a WD Caviar Blue and my new 1TB is a Samsung Spinpoint F3. Would Acronis True Image Western Digital Edition work good still?
 

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Alright, well I got it to clone my hard drive, now how do I make it boot from my new hard drive?? It will only boot from my other hard drive if I unplug the other's SATA wire...
 

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Well, I'm not sure how to get into the BIOS on my motherboard, it's a special MSI-HP manufactured motherboard that HP puts into their computers:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01946060&printver=true

But anyhow, is there any other way I could make my PC boot from my 1TB because when I unplug my 640GB it boots perfectly from my 1TB, but when I have both plugged in, it automatically boots from the 640GB. I want to be able to boot from my 1TB and then erase everything from my 640B to use it for storage. Any suggestions for that? And if I did go into the BIOS, what where would I need to go to make it boot from the 1TB? (And no, I don't have another hard drive to boot from, these are my only two.