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I can't think of any thread offhand that shows how to do what you're doing, but it's just a matter of copying to the backup (which you want to name the same as the internal before starting up from it), swapping the drives, and copying to the new one.
Yes, the Mac will read NTFS.
And, you could use the WD drive to back up the Mac, but in general, I think if you have a FireWire drive you're better off. If not, it'll work, but might be slower.
You should definitely use a bootable backup, absolutely if you're not a computer professional. It makes it much easier to restore from.
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