Upgrade from 10.4 to 10.6 – straighforward?
Hi,
I want to defragment the internal drive on my MacBook. Currently at home with my folks, I have access to another MacBook. And I have a couple of empty portable USB drive. (Internal HD is 160GB, external ones are bigger than that). I'm running 10.5.9, my mother is on 10.4.11
What's the best procedure to go about this? Is the following step-by-step OK to do? Or can you think of an easier/quicker way?
Unfortunately I don't have DriveGenius, so that's not an option...
Thanks for your help & input on this!
Hi,
I want to defragment the internal drive on my MacBook. Currently at home with my folks, I have access to another MacBook. And I have a couple of empty portable USB drive. (Internal HD is 160GB, external ones are bigger than that). I'm running 10.5.9, my mother is on 10.4.11
What's the best procedure to go about this? Is the following step-by-step OK to do? Or can you think of an easier/quicker way?
- Mirror my internal HD to an external USB drive via 'Ghostimage' or similar software
- Switch off my MacBook, connect it to my Mom's MacBook via Firewire cable, then reboot my MacBook in Transfer mode ("Apple + T" during startup), so it appears on my Mother's as an external HD
- Use DiskDoctor on my Mom's MacBook to reformat my MacBook drive ("HFS+, Journaled" I guess?)
- Connect external USB drive with the mirrored image of my system to my Mom's computer & transfer it back to my MacBook (which would still be connected in Firewire mode).
Unfortunately I don't have DriveGenius, so that's not an option...
Thanks for your help & input on this!