Help - New Hard Drive and Re-Install

[PTTurboe]

All,

My MacBook Pro hard drive is failing. So, I have to re-install a new drive.

I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8 with Parallels Desktop 4.0 (Build 4.0.3848) and Windows XP Pro on Boot Camp.

I have 2 external hard drives where I have copies of Time Machine that are both current.

And I have WinClone copies on my Mac side in My Documents.

Additionally, I have a copy of "Copy of My Boot Camp.pvm"

(Finally, I have all my data in Windows - Outlook, Quickbooks, Quicken, My Docs, etc. backed up too.)

I am in Lima, Peru and there is a Premium Reseller I-Store. I am going to buy the drive (20 days under AppleCare to get a new drive to Peru! No way can I wait that long.)

So, I am clueless on what to do after they put the new drive in!!!

The guy at the store also said they could put Snow Leopard on the machine for me. Is that advisable before I restore everything?

What about Parallels? Anything to back up or clone there??

Basically, I am looking for the steps to get the new drive back to where it is now!

I am willing to pay someone to walk me thru it. Either by email or Skype.

My whole livelihood is on the machine!!

Please advise.

Thank you!

David

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Can this help you?

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD​

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

 

[PTTurboe]

Absolutely - Thanks!!!

 

[BobbyDigital80]

Transfering files from Mac onto external HD

Hi,
I'm running Mac OS 10 and Windows XP using parallels and I have a Seagate external hard drive that was working fine before I installed Windows XP. I must've somehow set the format of the external hard drive to "Windows NTFS". When I first bought the hard drive I formatted it to work on a Mac and I thought when I installed Windows XP that I had to format it to work on Windows too. I can open files on my external hard drive when I'm in MAC OS and I can transfer files from the hard drive onto the mac desktop, but I can't transfer files that are on my mac os onto the hard drive. I can only do that in windows. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Hi,
I'm running Mac OS 10 and Windows XP using parallels and I have a Seagate external hard drive that was working fine before I installed Windows XP. I must've somehow set the format of the external hard drive to "Windows NTFS". When I first bought the hard drive I formatted it to work on a Mac and I thought when I installed Windows XP that I had to format it to work on Windows too. I can open files on my external hard drive when I'm in MAC OS and I can transfer files from the hard drive onto the mac desktop, but I can't transfer files that are on my mac os onto the hard drive. I can only do that in windows. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!

Can this help?

FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• Maximum file size: 4GB.
• Maximum volume size: 2TB

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
  [*]To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
  
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)

• Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
• Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
• To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
• Maximum file size: 8EiB
• Maximum volume size: 8EiB

exFAT (FAT64)

• Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
• Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
• exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
• AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
• Maximum file size: 16 EiB
• Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB