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Can I transfer HD from old laptop to new one?

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BlueSkyBlueWind

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Apr 10, 2009
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I have 2008 MBP and am thinking about getting 2011 MBP.

The current one has SDD in it (with OS X and Win7 via Bootcamp), and I was wondering if I could simply swap it into the new laptop?

I am guessing I will have to install new drivers and all, but will there be any problem? I want to save the trouble of backing up everything then format, re-install applications, boot camp then restore the data.
 
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old-wiz

macrumors G3
Mar 26, 2008
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West Suburban Boston Ma
The OSx portion may or may not have problems; there are some hardware differences. The bootcamp partition may need re-authorization since it's a different machine and Microsoft's hardware checking will complain.
There are some other threads on the forum about transplanting.
 
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