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Another MacBook Hard Drive Replacement Experience
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<blockquote data-quote="wawaroo" data-source="post: 276934"><p><strong>A new HD replacement question</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>This is perhaps a silly question, but I’m new to Apple. I bought a Macbook (it’s coming next Wednesday- crosses fingers!) and kept the standard hard drive configuration (80GB); my plan is to buy a third-party (Hitachi/Seagate?) HD to replace it. I don’t think I will have problems with the physical replacement, but I think I’m confusing myself with the software transfer. </p><p></p><p>Should I:</p><p></p><p>1) Replace the HD immediately as soon as I take the MB out of the box? (I read somewhere that it needs to be charged up before using, which makes sense; I’m asking if I should replace the HD before the Macbook’s first charge.)</p><p>2) I bought the laptop without any extra software/programs besides what it originally comes with. Keeping it as low-tech as possible, how do I transfer the stuff from my Apple HD to “new” HD? I’ve been reading about external enclosures and various programs (SuperDuper, Clone-something, etc.), but will I need them? (This laptop will be brand new, I won’t have anything on it.)</p><p></p><p>Sorry if this has been previously discussed; I figured that I could also trek over to my Apple store to ask, but I think that if the arrival is Wednesday, I’ll probably be playing with it all over Thanksgiving weekend—when the store won’t be open! So thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawaroo, post: 276934"] [b]A new HD replacement question[/b] Hi, This is perhaps a silly question, but I’m new to Apple. I bought a Macbook (it’s coming next Wednesday- crosses fingers!) and kept the standard hard drive configuration (80GB); my plan is to buy a third-party (Hitachi/Seagate?) HD to replace it. I don’t think I will have problems with the physical replacement, but I think I’m confusing myself with the software transfer. Should I: 1) Replace the HD immediately as soon as I take the MB out of the box? (I read somewhere that it needs to be charged up before using, which makes sense; I’m asking if I should replace the HD before the Macbook’s first charge.) 2) I bought the laptop without any extra software/programs besides what it originally comes with. Keeping it as low-tech as possible, how do I transfer the stuff from my Apple HD to “new” HD? I’ve been reading about external enclosures and various programs (SuperDuper, Clone-something, etc.), but will I need them? (This laptop will be brand new, I won’t have anything on it.) Sorry if this has been previously discussed; I figured that I could also trek over to my Apple store to ask, but I think that if the arrival is Wednesday, I’ll probably be playing with it all over Thanksgiving weekend—when the store won’t be open! So thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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