Restore from backup not working!

[Fazzl]

I took a restore of my hard drive using disk utility (File -> New Disk Image)

I now replaced my hard drive and fired up computer in target disk mode. I'm using my other computer with the backup dmg to try to restore using disk utility.

I keep getting the error that "Unable to scan "new hdd" (resource busy)

Any ideas?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Do you still have your old HDD and can access it via a 2.5" S-ATA HDD USB enclosure perhaps?

While Disk Utility is a good tool to make backups, sometimes backing everything up into one file (DMG) is not a good idea, in case that one file gets corrupted.

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

the guide includes:

• 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
• 1. Getting a new HDD
• 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
• 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD
• 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)

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