Replacing Fusion Drive

[PatrickNSF]

Assuming one is comfortable opening up the new 27" iMac, is it possible to swap the 1TB portion of the fusion drive with a 4TB drive? I have a 4TB in my 2008 iMac and would love to repurpose it in the new computer.

 

[randy98mtu]

Could probably be done with the DIY Fusion instructions found through Google.

 

[torana355]

Assuming one is comfortable opening up the new 27" iMac, is it possible to swap the 1TB portion of the fusion drive with a 4TB drive? I have a 4TB in my 2008 iMac and would love to repurpose it in the new computer.

Yes should not be a problem, Disk Utility will automatically fuse the drive back together for you aswell.

 

[PatrickNSF]

So, would I simply attach the 4tb formatted drive where the 1tb drive currently is, reboot, and have disk utils reformat as a new Fusion? Are all of the proper installer files on the internal SSD?

 

[jmcgeejr]

So, would I simply attach the 4tb formatted drive where the 1tb drive currently is, reboot, and have disk utils reformat as a new Fusion? Are all of the proper installer files on the internal SSD?

the recovery partition should be on the ssd and you should be able to.

 

[torana355]

So, would I simply attach the 4tb formatted drive where the 1tb drive currently is, reboot, and have disk utils reformat as a new Fusion? Are all of the proper installer files on the internal SSD?

As long as you have the internet you can install OSX regardless using internet recovery by holding down CMD-R while booting.

 

[PatrickNSF]

Great. Still deciding whether to get and enclosure or try the internal install...

I already have an external Drobo for backup, but I'd love to keep it at just the one external.