New hard disk, copying data

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi,

I want to install a new hard disk in my laptop. The previous hard diss 
(traditional winchester) two partition, NetBSD + Windows with the boot 
selection menu. I want to install a new SSD disk, just slightly smaller 
than the existing netbsd partition. I have this laptop often in bumpy 
condition and the current HD seems to fail, so I thought trying SSD 
might be interesting.

How can I copy the existing data, to avoid a reinstall? I thought

1) attach the hard disk in an external USB enclosure
2) Partition int
3) Copy the data (how? using tar/untar perhaps?)
4) write the MBR (but how, from the command line? and I don't need the 
boot selection anymore, just flat into NetBSD)

Please fill in the voids :) I'm open also to other suggestions

about partitioning then? I was thinking that perhaps a separate swap 
partition is less useful on a SSD and a file might be more flexible, 
since there is no seek time. A bit of filesystem overhead would remain, 
but I can take that, Mac and Windows do it.
Any particular options to set for the filesystem? I read about TRIM, but 
do not well how the state is on NetBSD.

Riccardo