Macbook -Upgrading HD, pleez help!

condra

Hi.

Ill try to be as brief as I can.

Ive ordered a 160gig hd from Komplett, and as far as I am aware, it would be pretty handy to install osx on it, then move my files from an external hard drive.

But, that would mean reinstalling lots of apps, and downloading all the osx updates etc. I may also have problems re-registering some apps.

I have a copy of Super Duper and this is my understanding of what I have to do if I want to "swap the drives":
Clone hd1 [my current 60gig hard drive] onto my external hard drive, using superduper.
Install the new hard drive in my macbook, install osx or boot from the external [somehow?!]
Move the clone over... [?]

Im really uncertain about this process and terrified Im gonna f**k it up. If anyone has any advice on this, I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks in advance.
Wom

Simon201

I do a regular backup of my main system partition regularly with CCC (Carbon copy cloner) which seems to work fine. Basically, if you are able to run your new hd in an enclosure or something as an external hd connected to your Macbook, you can then simply do your clone from your existing hd on to it. (even better if the new hd is in another (newish) Mac or a firewire enclosure cos you'll be able to test booting from it - booting wont work with usb). Then do the swap and you should really be able to boot from the new drive once installed into your Macbook. Dont see any major reason why you would need to reinstall the system unless you're having problems. In that case you could do a fresh install onto the newly installed hd and then run the Migration assistant to bring back your apps and users etc (not sure whether that works with usb either).

atilladehun

I did that with my ibook last week.

These guys helped me out here...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055057505

Also this site had the best guide for doing the procedure, they have a pdf too if you don't have another computer to work off..
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/

Remember to push real hard on every single screw or you'll end up destroying one of them. Cheap screws.

condra

thanks.

So I could install osx on the new hard drive, then use disk utility to move the clone on the external onto the disk, replacing it?

[ sorry ]

K.O.Kiki

womoma wrote:

thanks.

So I could install osx on the new hard drive, then use disk utility to move the clone on the external onto the disk, replacing it?

[ sorry ]

No -- clone the existing installation onto the external HDD. Now, swap the drives. Boot off the internal HDD (which *was* the external). Do whatever with the external HDD (which *was* the internal).
Done.

condra

Wait a sec, can I do any of this without an enclosure for the new hd?

I have a usb external hd. Thought I could clone onto that?

Sorry Im such a baby, I suck at this sort of thing.