transferring data from old hard drive to a new laptop

[vincent84]

hi there,

please excuse my ignorance in advance!

my few months old 13" macbook pro (4gb ram, 500gb hard drive) was destroyed by liquid damage the other day . i was told the hard drive may be salvageable and that it would be easy enough to install in a new macbook by myself. however, i've been thinking of using the cost of a new macbook to buy a second- hand macbook pro instead. i presume i wouldnt be able to install the old hard drive on a macbook pro would i? if not then how would i transfer the data to it from the old one?

thanks in advance for any response

 

[Anonymous Freak]

hi there,

please excuse my ignorance in advance!

my few months old 13" macbook pro (4gb ram, 500gb hard drive) was destroyed by liquid damage the other day . i was told the hard drive may be salvageable and that it would be easy enough to install in a new macbook by myself. however, i've been thinking of using the cost of a new macbook to buy a second- hand macbook pro instead. i presume i wouldnt be able to install the old hard drive on a macbook pro would i? if not then how would i transfer the data to it from the old one?

thanks in advance for any response

While you could install the drive in another machine, I would first buy a USB drive enclosure and just put the drive in that. Make sure the drive works, then either just use it as a large external drive - or transplant it into the new laptop once you're certain that it is 100% reliable. Enclosures are cheap, and you'll be able to use the drive from the new/old MacBook into it and use that drive still.

 

[vincent84]

thanks a million, thats extremely helpful.