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I have a 128GB SSD HD and I want to upgrade to a newly acquired 512GB SSD HD. How do I upgrade my ssd hard drive to a larger ssd hard drive on my MacBook Pro?

ps- I have Boot Camp with a Windows partition.
pss- many posts claim this can't be done or post a really, really long and complicated instruction set. Don't believe them. ;-)

SHORT ANSWER

• -clone the drive (clonezilla).
• -resize the Windows Boot Camp partition (gparted).
• -sync the partition tables (gparted).
• -resize the OSX partition (diskutil).
• -fix the Windows bootloader (Windows).

LONG ANSWER

NEEDED
-usb with ubcd with parted magic (UBCD is universal boot cd).
-host system.
-Windows 7/8 cd/usb (or a Windows repair disk).

CLONE
-plug both ssd's into the host system.
-boot via usb.
-start parted-magic.
-start clonezilla
-clone disk to disk
-wait till finished
(this could take awhile)

MOVE/RESIZE WINDOWS PARTITION
-you should still be in parted-magic
-start gparted
-resize windows partition as needed (grab the handles)
-move windows partition to the end
-move the osx recovery boot loader next to the windows partition
-apply changes
-wait
-after it's finished, if needed, you can fix the filesystem for both OSX and WINDOWS.

SYNC FOR BOOT CAMP
-you should still be in parted-magic
-open terminal
-type: sudo gptsync /dev/sda (or other device such as sdb sdc sdd. gparted will show you).
-confirm Y
-shutdown

RESIZE OSX PARTITION
-boot into os x with the new, larger hd.
-open Disk Utility.
-click the disk on the left hand side.
-click the PARITION button (at the top).
-select the volume you want to grow.
-look at the info-window (at the bottom).
-note the Disk Identifier (mine was disk0s2).
-open Terminal.
-type the following command: diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk0s2 limits
-it will show the current size, minimum size and maximum size.
-note the maximum size (mine was 254.2GB. Do not get the part in parentheses.)
-type the following command: sudo diskutil resizeVolume /dev/disk0s2 254.2GB
(NOTE: the number above requires a GB but no space.)
-enter your password if prompted.
-wait.
-shutdown

FIX WINDOWS BOOTLOADER
This also works if you get messages like "No boot device found" etc.

This happens when the items get fouled up. How do you know if items are fouled up?
Boot MacBook Pro to Windows either:
-through holding the OPTION key on boot up (after chime).
-boot into OSX and go to SYSTEM-PREFERENCES and choose the START-UP DISK.
-you will see "No boot device" or Windows is going into repair mode on it's own.

In either case, the following will work as a full instruction set. Adjust as needed.

-insert Windows 7/8 cd/usb (or a Windows repair disk).
-boot while holding OPTION key.
-wait for windows 7 cd/usb shows (it could take a minute).
-select Windows 7.
-select your language.
-click NEXT.
-select REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER (bottom left).
-click NO (for automatic repair).
-click NEXT (at bottom right).
-click COMMAND PROMPT.
-type: bootrec /scanos.
(If it isn't already there, it should find the WINDOWS installation and ask if you want to add it.)
-type: Y

-type: Diskpart
-type: LIST DISK
-type: SELECT DISK 0 (change this to the number of the disk . most likely 0)
-type: LIST PARTITION
-type: SELECT PARTITION 4 (change this to your partition number. most likely 4)
-type: DETAIL PARTITION
(it will show the details of the partition. We're trying to find the partition with the windows installation.)
-if you found it, it will probably say ACTIVE: NO
-type: ACTIVE
-type: EXIT

-type: bootrec /fixmbr (needed?)
-type: bootrec /fixboot (needed?)
-type: bootrec /rebuildbcd
-type: exit
-click RESTART

CHECKDISK
-when it restarts it will do a chkdsk.
-let it finish.
-it will reboot.
-voila! You can bootcamp Windows!

BOOT MANAGER/LOADER INFO

For diagnostic information, this is provided.

-boot to osx
-open terminal
-type: diskutil list
-type: sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
-type: sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

DEFINITIONS
boot manager: manages your booting process. This can actually be changed to REFIND, PLOP, LILO, GRUB2 and a few others. Fun stuff! Not for the faint of heart! (see here for boot loaders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders)
boot loader: load an OS kernel and hand off control of the computer to that kernel.
kernel: loads the booting os

        /--bl-->k-->osx
bm--|--bl-->k-->centos/rhel
        \--bl-->k-->win7/8/10

NOTES:

-http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/