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Cloning internal hd for replacement?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mac Dude" data-source="post: 339008" data-attributes="member: 26892"><p>You could use that or you could just buy an external enclosure for a SATA drive. This way you have an enclosure for the external drive. Here is a link to Newegg for some ideas: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Page=1&Nty=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Description=serial+enclosure&Ntk=all" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Page=1&Nty=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Description=serial+enclosure&Ntk=all</a></p><p></p><p>Once you get the enclosure I'd first try temporarily installing the new drive and see if you can't use Apple's Migration utility to move everything over to the new drive (not sure if that utility will work but it's worth a try). Otherwise you could look for a utility that will clone the image from your current drive onto the new drive. If that doesn't work you'll need to do a more manual method and install the new drive in your Macbook, the old drive in the enclosure, use the Apple Restore disc to get OS X on the new drive, plug-in the old drive to the USB port, and then move over anything you need.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and let us know how it goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mac Dude, post: 339008, member: 26892"] You could use that or you could just buy an external enclosure for a SATA drive. This way you have an enclosure for the external drive. Here is a link to Newegg for some ideas: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Page=1&Nty=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Description=serial+enclosure&Ntk=all[/url] Once you get the enclosure I'd first try temporarily installing the new drive and see if you can't use Apple's Migration utility to move everything over to the new drive (not sure if that utility will work but it's worth a try). Otherwise you could look for a utility that will clone the image from your current drive onto the new drive. If that doesn't work you'll need to do a more manual method and install the new drive in your Macbook, the old drive in the enclosure, use the Apple Restore disc to get OS X on the new drive, plug-in the old drive to the USB port, and then move over anything you need. Good luck and let us know how it goes. [/QUOTE]
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