Hi Guys,
I've read a lot about doing this over the last couple of years and now I am in a position to complete the task!
Here is my setup (slightly complicated as I use it for Music Production and wanted quick disks for certain files like SAMPLES etc)
27" iMac Late 2012
Internal 1TB 7200RPM HDD - partitioned Projects, Data & BOOTCAMP
External 256GB SSD (Thunderbolt connection) - partitioned Macintosh HD & Spare
External 256GB SSD (E-SATA connection via Lacie Thunderbolt unit) - Single Partition called SAMPLES
External 3TB Western Digital Backup drive connected via USB 3.0
You can see that I actually boot my iMAC from the External 256GB SSD connected via Thunderbolt but I want to change this setup and boot from an internal SSD.
I have bought a 512GB Samsung PRO SSD to replace the 1TB internal HDD and have just the OS and BOOTCAMP on this disk (I have calculated that I have enough space to consolidate Macintosh OS, Projects, Data & Bootcamp on to a single SSD.).. I'll leave the SAMPLES SSD separate and external.
I also want to CLONE both my OS X drive AND my BOOTCAMP drive as I have loads of plug-ins and applications installed and I don't fancy rebuilding the whole thing!
Could you help me confirm that the following process will do this for me please?
1 - WinClone BOOTCAMP to WD 3TB drive
2 - CarbonCopyClone my OS X Partition to WD 3TB drive
3 - Install 512GB SSD in to iMAC (I have all the tools and tape etc!)
4 - Complete an Internet Recovery of OS X Yosemite to the 512GB SSD
5 - Restore the OS X backup to the 512GB SSD using CarbonCopyClone
6 - Create a BOOTCAMP partition (120GB)
7 - WinClone restore my BOOTCAMP backup
Are there any steps that are missing?
Are there any pitfalls I should look out for on the way?
Many thanks for any help and advice you can give
Jon
I've read a lot about doing this over the last couple of years and now I am in a position to complete the task!
Here is my setup (slightly complicated as I use it for Music Production and wanted quick disks for certain files like SAMPLES etc)
27" iMac Late 2012
Internal 1TB 7200RPM HDD - partitioned Projects, Data & BOOTCAMP
External 256GB SSD (Thunderbolt connection) - partitioned Macintosh HD & Spare
External 256GB SSD (E-SATA connection via Lacie Thunderbolt unit) - Single Partition called SAMPLES
External 3TB Western Digital Backup drive connected via USB 3.0
You can see that I actually boot my iMAC from the External 256GB SSD connected via Thunderbolt but I want to change this setup and boot from an internal SSD.
I have bought a 512GB Samsung PRO SSD to replace the 1TB internal HDD and have just the OS and BOOTCAMP on this disk (I have calculated that I have enough space to consolidate Macintosh OS, Projects, Data & Bootcamp on to a single SSD.).. I'll leave the SAMPLES SSD separate and external.
I also want to CLONE both my OS X drive AND my BOOTCAMP drive as I have loads of plug-ins and applications installed and I don't fancy rebuilding the whole thing!
Could you help me confirm that the following process will do this for me please?
1 - WinClone BOOTCAMP to WD 3TB drive
2 - CarbonCopyClone my OS X Partition to WD 3TB drive
3 - Install 512GB SSD in to iMAC (I have all the tools and tape etc!)
4 - Complete an Internet Recovery of OS X Yosemite to the 512GB SSD
5 - Restore the OS X backup to the 512GB SSD using CarbonCopyClone
6 - Create a BOOTCAMP partition (120GB)
7 - WinClone restore my BOOTCAMP backup
Are there any steps that are missing?
Are there any pitfalls I should look out for on the way?
Many thanks for any help and advice you can give
Jon