Buying new internal HDD!

[spikeyjac]

Going to buy a new internal hdd, I have mac os x and windows installed on my stock internal.. Any program that will allow me to transfer everything to my new hdd ( obviously I'll put the backup on a external hdd) and then not have to install all the programs again?
Cheers
hope you all knowwhat I mean
Jack

 

[HerrWulf]

Last time I upgraded my Mac's hard drive, I made a copy with Carbon Copy Cloner. Backed it up to an external drive, changed drives, copied it all over. Worked like a dream.

http://www.bombich.com/

 

[spikeyjac]

Last time I upgraded my Mac's hard drive, I made a copy with Carbon Copy Cloner. Backed it up to an external drive, changed drives, copied it all over. Worked like a dream.

http://www.bombich.com/

Brilliant, so it's as easy as that ?

 

[6-0 Prolene]

Get an enclosure too. I put the new drive in the enclosure, copied everything, then installed the new drive in my MBP. Then I moved my old 200GB into the enclosure and keep it as a backup/portable drive. Only adds $12-13 from OWC.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/YST9500420AS/

 

[HerrWulf]

Brilliant, so it's as easy as that ?

You'll need to connect the second drive via USB or some other method to copy everything over, but yes. As 6-0 Prolene suggested, get an enclosure for the replacement drive, copy everything over and then switch the drives, or put the new one in, boot off the old one (via USB) and copy over that way.

I was stunned at how easy it was. Much easier than anything I'd done on my previous machines.

 

[Jaro65]

Super Duper! It's a great image cloner that you can also use as part of your regular backup strategy.