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Apples offer to replace my HD
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<blockquote data-quote="SleeperSS" data-source="post: 1486776" data-attributes="member: 150224"><p>It appears my iMac was built during the timeframe of bad hard drives and Apple sent me an e-mail offering to replace it for free. The downside is that they will not transfer the data from the old to the new without charge. I use Carbonite, but that doesn't back up everything. I have downloaded SuperDuper at Leo LaPortes (The Tech Guy) suggestion as a way to copy everything onto an external drive. It looks like an easy solution. My question is, what external drive do you suggest. Currently there is a 1 tb drive in my machine will it also back up Parallels and any Windows programs I have? I only use Quicken & Quicbooks on the Windows side. On the tech/nerd scale I'm about a -2, but I'm comfortable doing this...and if I get into a little trouble the IT guy at my wifes office can help.</p><p></p><p>iMac info:</p><p>27 " Late 2009</p><p>OS Lion 10.7.5</p><p>4gb 1067 MHz DDR3</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>R.</p><p></p><p>PS..as long as I'm at it...thoughts to upgrading to Mountain Lion with Parallells installed...any issues?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SleeperSS, post: 1486776, member: 150224"] It appears my iMac was built during the timeframe of bad hard drives and Apple sent me an e-mail offering to replace it for free. The downside is that they will not transfer the data from the old to the new without charge. I use Carbonite, but that doesn't back up everything. I have downloaded SuperDuper at Leo LaPortes (The Tech Guy) suggestion as a way to copy everything onto an external drive. It looks like an easy solution. My question is, what external drive do you suggest. Currently there is a 1 tb drive in my machine will it also back up Parallels and any Windows programs I have? I only use Quicken & Quicbooks on the Windows side. On the tech/nerd scale I'm about a -2, but I'm comfortable doing this...and if I get into a little trouble the IT guy at my wifes office can help. iMac info: 27 " Late 2009 OS Lion 10.7.5 4gb 1067 MHz DDR3 Thanks R. PS..as long as I'm at it...thoughts to upgrading to Mountain Lion with Parallells installed...any issues? [/QUOTE]
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