hd replacement copy with ccc

[nunes013]

I just want to make sure I'm doing this right before I mess up.

I bought a western digital Scorpio black 320 gb to replace dying hitachi.

If I use carbon copy cloner and clone a bootable copy of my hd to my external wd passport then install the hd and boot everything from the passport to the Scorpio will this work.

 

[neenja]

might be easier to do a clean install on your new hd then use migration assistant to copy back over your files/settings.

easier and better that is. so... make carbon copy clone of your current hd onto your portable. put in new internal hd, do a clean install.

boot up into new internal hd, plug in portable, then use Migration Assistant to copy over your stuff. I believe also, upon installing, it will ask if you want to use Migration.

 

[nunes013]

Thanks, that seems pretty easy. I saw people putting the d hd in an enclosure or getting this transfer dongle and I didnt want to spend more so I'm trying to use what I have even if it takes a little longer. Just want it done right lol. Thanks!!!!

 

[alust2013]

Thanks, that seems pretty easy. I saw people putting the d hd in an enclosure or getting this transfer dongle and I didnt want to spend more so I'm trying to use what I have even if it takes a little longer. Just want it done right lol. Thanks!!!!

You can do the above, or even just run a time machine backup on your external, then install the HD, boot from the disk, do a fresh install of OS X, then restore from time machine during setup. It will put your stuff back exactly as you had it.