Reviving settings old hdd to new hdd

[FrankTheTank00]

Hi all,

tried to search for the topic but not much luck. So after my MBP was
diagnosed by Apple (thanks guys, NOT) with having a failing hdd (original
mid '10) I replaced it with a WD Scorpio Blue 500gb. Turns out, it was
just the cable between the hdd and the motherboard that needed replacement.

So, I want to restore all settings and stuff from the original 250gb drive on
the new 500gb drive. I have a caddy! What would be the way forward?

Possible solutions

- I could putt the 250gb drive back in, back it up with time machine on the
500gb drive. Than putt back the 500gb drive in the machine. But I have a
feeling this might not work..

- Run a program that does the same as Migration between two Macbooks,
what I've done in the past. Does this exists?

Hope it's not too confusing! Thanks a lot.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Use CarbonCopyCloner to make a 1:1 copy (clone) of the old HDD to the new HDD.

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[DewGuy1999]

Do you have any data on the new 500GB drive?

 

[David085]

Use Carbon Copy Cloner Website Here

 

[FrankTheTank00]

Do you have any data on the new 500GB drive?

Only a copy of Snow Leopard, no files besides that!
Would that be a problem for the Carbon Cloner?

Does the 250gb drive have to be in the laptop, or does that not really matter?

 

[DewGuy1999]

Only a copy of Snow Leopard, no files besides that!
Would that be a problem for the Carbon Cloner?

Does the 250gb drive have to be in the laptop, or does that not really matter?

Using the caddy with the 250GB hard drive can you boot from it? If so, you could boot from the 250GB install Carbon Copy Cloner on it and then clone it to the 500GB internal. Once the clone is complete you can shut down, remove the external, and then boot from the internal which will now have everything on it that was on the 250GB previously.