Replacing my MacBook Pro 13" 2.26 Hard drive, have some question

[djarsalan2006]

hey guys
so finally made my decision, im getting this http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Drive-WD5000BEVT/dp/B001JSSDGU
wanted to know how would i be able to copy all the things i have on my computer on the new one i am getting ?
thank you

 

[MacDawg]

Excellent choice

Do you have a Time Machine backup?
You can restore from that

Do you have an external drive?
You can clone with Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) or SuperDuper and then clone back to your new drive

Do you have an external HD enclosure?
You can put your new drive in it, and clone directly to it before you install

Well, that gives you a few ideas

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[djarsalan2006]

wow, thank you
i actually have time machine back up on an external HD, so i can put the Internal HD inside and then run it through back up machine ?

Excellent choice





Do you have a Time Machine backup?
You can restore from that

Do you have an external drive?
You can clone with Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) or SuperDuper and then clone back to your new drive

Do you have an external HD enclosure?
You can put your new drive in it, and clone directly to it before you install

Well, that gives you a few ideas

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[jamesraward]

wow, thank you
i actually have time machine back up on an external HD, so i can put the Internal HD inside and then run it through back up machine ?

Indeed you can, but if you have another external drive I'd dupe it too to be safe, not that I don't trust the TM

 

[stevemurrayphot]

+1 to that !

Indeed you can, but if you have another external drive I'd dupe it too to be safe, not that I don't trust the TM

When I did my MBP, i also copied to a seperate HD, just in case it didn't restore from my TM backup - its all of my stuff so I'd be lost without it ! I just installed OSX from the DVD and chose the TM option, easy-peasy. Only difficulty I encountered was getting a torx screwdriver to release the old hard disk, so drove a couple miles to the nearest hardware shop.

 

[ViciousShadow21]

like everyone is saying TM is an easy way to go about it. it saves you the money of having to buy an enclosure but i feel its best to be set up for both incase something does go wrong.