I'm delighted to say that I am about to own my first apple computer! woohoo! going to college and making the switch from a 2006 xps 17" haha
anways i've ordered a momentus XT for it. so i was wondering it's possible to swap in the XT (as a completely blank hard drive), turn on the macbook pro, and then finally put in the OSX disks to set it up? or would i have to do that whole time machine thing... i've never swapped a hard drive before, so i might need some tips and precautions, like creating a non-static environment.
also does anyone know a good enclosure that's compatible for the stock hard drive that i plan to use as an external backup?
are hard drive enclosures just a hollow case and you have to get separate ports, such as firewire, for that enclosure? or do they come with the enclosure itself?
anways i've ordered a momentus XT for it. so i was wondering it's possible to swap in the XT (as a completely blank hard drive), turn on the macbook pro, and then finally put in the OSX disks to set it up? or would i have to do that whole time machine thing... i've never swapped a hard drive before, so i might need some tips and precautions, like creating a non-static environment.
also does anyone know a good enclosure that's compatible for the stock hard drive that i plan to use as an external backup?
are hard drive enclosures just a hollow case and you have to get separate ports, such as firewire, for that enclosure? or do they come with the enclosure itself?