replacing hard drive

[roverguy96]

ive done some searching but havent really found what im looking for...

im wanting to replace the hard drive in my macbook but i dont have the os disks that came w/ the computer (ive recently moved and theyre beond lost). ive read where apple can send me replacements (i assume id have to pay for them). can i get the leopard upgrade and use that, or it just that, an upgrade and i need osx already on the computer. i dont care about backing up anything, as theres nothing on it of any importance, all my music and photos are on an external hard drive.


any help would be great....
Thanks

 

[EricNau]

The retail Leopard disk contains the full version of the OS, however, it does not come with the iLife suite or any additional apps that may have come with your computer originally.

That said, I upgraded the HDD in my MacBook without using my system disks: just the Leopard and iLife disks.

Hope that answers your question,

Good luck.

 

[kahlil88]

If you have an enclosure for your hard drive, I would suggest cloning. This way you will have an identical system. The best free ones seem to be Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper!

 

[roverguy96]

The retail Leopard disk contains the full version of the OS, however, it does not come with the iLife suite or any additional apps that may have come with your computer originally.

That said, I upgraded the HDD in my MacBook without using my system disks: just the Leopard and iLife disks.

Hope that answers your question,

Good luck.

It does thanks