MacBook Pro - MBP Hard drive upgrade.

FinnIII · FinnIII #1 (**permalink**)

04-17-2009, 08:46 AM

My 2 yo MBP has a full hard drive, and I don't want to get rid of anything. What hardware/software do I need to copy EVERYTHING to a new 500GB 2.5'' SATA and then swap the drives?

Thanks,

Finn

scathe · scathe #2 (**permalink**)

04-17-2009, 08:50 AM

I would recommend to just install a fresh OS on the new drive and then connect the old drive and copy what you need, even if it is large amounts of data

anyway, you will need a usb/firewire external case for the old drive to connect it up

FinnIII · FinnIII #3 (**permalink**)

04-17-2009, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scathe

I would recommend to just install a fresh OS on the new drive and then connect the old drive and copy what you need, even if it is large amounts of data

anyway, you will need a usb/firewire external case for the old drive to connect it up

Thanks, I'll have to give that a try

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #4 (**permalink**)

04-17-2009, 03:27 PM

In terms of making bootable copies on other drives - SuperDuper is my favourite - just got my MBP back with new logic board and meantime booted off my 800 Firewire thru my partners iMac. No disruption to my internet scene and no loss of data, but a couple of settings changed due to the new MAC of the replacement Logic Board - oops too much info.

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FinnIII #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 16 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro: 2.16 GHz 2GB ram	04-17-2009, 08:46 AM My 2 yo MBP has a full hard drive, and I don't want to get rid of anything. What hardware/software do I need to copy EVERYTHING to a new 500GB 2.5'' SATA and then swap the drives? Thanks, Finn
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scathe #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 12, 2009 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 1,096 Mac Specs: 2,4Ghz 15" unibody	04-17-2009, 08:50 AM I would recommend to just install a fresh OS on the new drive and then connect the old drive and copy what you need, even if it is large amounts of data anyway, you will need a usb/firewire external case for the old drive to connect it up
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Collin Bl #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	04-17-2009, 03:27 PM In terms of making bootable copies on other drives - SuperDuper is my favourite - just got my MBP back with new logic board and meantime booted off my 800 Firewire thru my partners iMac. No disruption to my internet scene and no loss of data, but a couple of settings changed due to the new MAC of the replacement Logic Board - oops too much info.
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