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#1 2009-06-06 5:16 pm
- OliverDz
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MacBook HD upgrade
I am sure this has been asked before, but I here it goes. I want to upgrade my HD on my Intel MacBook. The question is, can I use the OSX disk, and my most recent backup from my Time Capsule to setup the new HD?
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#2 2009-06-07 11:46 am
- mrreet2001
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
yep
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#3 2009-06-07 11:48 am
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
or you could buy a kit OWC (macsales.com) sells them ... that includes a new drive and an external inclosure for you old one.
2.66Ghz QuadCore-Nehalem w/24"LED CD ---2.2Ghz BlackMB---15" 2.4Ghz MBP(work)
Dual 2.3Ghz G5 (4G Ram, 2x 250G HD)(10.5 server)--- 400Mhz G4 PM (10.4 Server)
1.5GHz Powerbook---1.6Ghz G5 iMac
"So he fels down in a poisoning gas."
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#4 2009-06-07 1:54 pm
- OliverDz
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
Thanks for your help! One last question, does the kit allow you to transfer the data before you switch hard drives?
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#5 2009-06-08 7:21 am
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
It would be a little extra work but yes you can.
2.66Ghz QuadCore-Nehalem w/24"LED CD ---2.2Ghz BlackMB---15" 2.4Ghz MBP(work)
Dual 2.3Ghz G5 (4G Ram, 2x 250G HD)(10.5 server)--- 400Mhz G4 PM (10.4 Server)
1.5GHz Powerbook---1.6Ghz G5 iMac
"So he fels down in a poisoning gas."
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#6 2009-06-08 7:33 am
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
-put the new drive in the enclosure
-boot up the computer as normal
-use something like CCC (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13260) to copy everything to the external
-swap the drives.
2.66Ghz QuadCore-Nehalem w/24"LED CD ---2.2Ghz BlackMB---15" 2.4Ghz MBP(work)
Dual 2.3Ghz G5 (4G Ram, 2x 250G HD)(10.5 server)--- 400Mhz G4 PM (10.4 Server)
1.5GHz Powerbook---1.6Ghz G5 iMac
"So he fels down in a poisoning gas."
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#7 2009-06-08 9:58 am
- Robert B Technician
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Re: MacBook HD upgrade
You can use Carbon Copy cloner (that's what we would normally do) however you can also do a fresh install off of your disks and one of the options during install is "restore from a Time Machine Backup" (you would then connect your old hd via enclosure) and that would work too.
CCC can be a little finicky sometime and data migration works great as another option.
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