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Hey All,
I'm in a bit of a sticky situation regarding my aging MacBook Pro. The original hard drive is 160 GB, but I've used up about 150 GB now. I have bought both a new external and internal hard drive. I would like to transfer my exact disk image from my current internal hard drive to my external hard drive, then install my new internal hard drive and transfer it back. I'm currently running Tiger, so no Time Machine. I was told that if I upgraded to Leopard, Time Machine would allow me to do this, but if I upgraded to Snow Leopard, this sort of exact switch over is not allowed. I called Apple and they do not offer an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard without going all the way to Snow Leopard. Is it still possible for me to do this? Ideally I would like to first upgrade to Leopard (not Snow Leopard) then use Time Machine to create an exact disk image of my hard drive on to my external hard drive, then transfer it all back onto my new internal drive. Any sort of help/advice would be much appreciated.
I'm in a bit of a sticky situation regarding my aging MacBook Pro. The original hard drive is 160 GB, but I've used up about 150 GB now. I have bought both a new external and internal hard drive. I would like to transfer my exact disk image from my current internal hard drive to my external hard drive, then install my new internal hard drive and transfer it back. I'm currently running Tiger, so no Time Machine. I was told that if I upgraded to Leopard, Time Machine would allow me to do this, but if I upgraded to Snow Leopard, this sort of exact switch over is not allowed. I called Apple and they do not offer an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard without going all the way to Snow Leopard. Is it still possible for me to do this? Ideally I would like to first upgrade to Leopard (not Snow Leopard) then use Time Machine to create an exact disk image of my hard drive on to my external hard drive, then transfer it all back onto my new internal drive. Any sort of help/advice would be much appreciated.