Copying Files from a Hard Drive Clone

[takuan]

Hello all,

Recently, my internal hard drive failed on me. Luckily, I had cloned it to an external device, so I was able to work as if nothing happened. I took my computer to the Apple Store, and they set me up with a new hard drive and installed an OSX 5 for free.

Is it possible to transfer the files from my cloned disk to my new internal hard drive? The cloned drive boots into 10.4 OS, but my new internal drive is 10.5 OS.

Thank you for your help.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, you can copy your files via Finder or use Migration Assistant.

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