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Best way to swap a hard drive from old Macbook to new
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 868410" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>That's probably not a good idea - everything will be setup for your old MB on your old HD which could cause serious headaches when you move it to a different machine (not to mention that it would be running Tiger). You would be better to transfer the files. </p><p></p><p>If you wanted, buy an external enclosure, put your new MBP HD in it, format it, transfer your files to it, install Leopard on your old HD (you have to do this with the HD in your new MBP or the restore discs won't work) and then transfer the files back. This way, you get your old HD, a fresh install of Leopard and all your files, along with an external HD for backups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 868410, member: 71075"] That's probably not a good idea - everything will be setup for your old MB on your old HD which could cause serious headaches when you move it to a different machine (not to mention that it would be running Tiger). You would be better to transfer the files. If you wanted, buy an external enclosure, put your new MBP HD in it, format it, transfer your files to it, install Leopard on your old HD (you have to do this with the HD in your new MBP or the restore discs won't work) and then transfer the files back. This way, you get your old HD, a fresh install of Leopard and all your files, along with an external HD for backups. [/QUOTE]
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