OS 10.5 - mac cloning

heyworld09 · heyworld09 #1 (**permalink**)

12-07-2008, 01:36 PM

my friends mac died a few weeks past and he went and got the new one so he gave me his old one when it turns on its just a flashing folder with a question mark i know this means the drive is possibly dead i have a new hdd for it but no os disks for it is it possible to clone my current macbook on to the other one and if so is there a free way

p.s. sorry about the run on

JGruber · JGruber #2 (**permalink**)

12-07-2008, 02:10 PM

I believe you can only 'Clone' the harddrive from another Mac and put it on the new one, if they are the same hardware.

heyworld09 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 07, 2008 Location: wyandotte mi Posts: 1	12-07-2008, 01:36 PM my friends mac died a few weeks past and he went and got the new one so he gave me his old one when it turns on its just a flashing folder with a question mark i know this means the drive is possibly dead i have a new hdd for it but no os disks for it is it possible to clone my current macbook on to the other one and if so is there a free way p.s. sorry about the run on Last edited by heyworld09; 12-07-2008 at 01:49 PM.
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JGruber #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 20, 2005 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 739 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" 2ghz/2GB/250gb/SD - White Macbook 2.16ghz/2.5GB/250GB/SD	12-07-2008, 02:10 PM I believe you can only 'Clone' the harddrive from another Mac and put it on the new one, if they are the same hardware.
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