Swapping HDDs - backup

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  1. edblor, Mar 14, 2009

    edblor macrumors regular

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    Hi all,

    I'd like to pop in a larger HDD, and I have a clean install (just loaded OS X yesterday), so I'd like to avoid a re-install of the OS and applications.

    If I pop in a larger HDD, can I just connect the MBP to the first HDD in an external case, and re-image the new larger HDD?

    Thanks in advance,

    Ed
     
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  2. kastenbrust, Mar 14, 2009

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    Yes, thats the best way to do it.
     
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  3. edblor, Mar 14, 2009

    edblor thread starter macrumors regular

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    Thank you for your response!

    Now, can I connect via USB? Or is Firewire the only way to go here.

    Lastly, will it copy over everything? OS, applications and settings?

    Laptop is a 2.16GHz 17" MBP BTW.

    Cheers
     
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  4. ilikebeer, Mar 14, 2009

    ilikebeer macrumors newbie

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    Use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to clone the existing drive to the new one in an external enclosure first. Then try to boot from the external. There shouldn't any problems, but if there are, at least you save yourself the hassle of taking out the new drive in case there's something physically wrong with it.

    Just my two cents (from a bad experience)....
     
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