Mounian Lion Upgrade no CD and SSD Upgrade Help

psychbiker said:

I have a Macbook 5.1 with Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.8.

I just ordered ram upgrade to 8gb and want to install an SSD to further speed things up.

How do I install an SSD and clean install of Mountain Lion if its only a downloadable upgrade?

I know I can do a Clone Copy but from what I read a clean install is better.

I believe I have the upgrade disc for snow leopard if that helps.

Thanks

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Before you install your new hard drive, use your current installation of 10.6.8 to download Mountain Lion from the App Store.

DON"T INSTALL IT!

Search google and/or the forum and you'll find instructions on how to make a bootable USB Mountain Lion installer.

Then you can install the SSD and use the USB installer to do a fresh install.

I'd also recommend putting your old hard drive into a USB enclosure and using it as an external drive (you could even boot Snow Leopard off of it).