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<blockquote data-quote="as5617" data-source="post: 920148" data-attributes="member: 121745"><p>Hi all, I am in need of some expert advice. I am REALLY new to the Mac world and having a hard time deciphering what exactly I need to do to install a larger hard drive and keep all the contents of the old one. I have a Macbook Intel core 2 duo with a 60 gig and im going to a 250 gig. I found the walkthrough on ifixit.com for the actual changing of the drives but I am seriously confused as to how I can clone the drive and put it on the new one. Been a PC guy for a long time so I think I may be making this harder than it needs to be. </p><p></p><p>I have read dozens of threads on this but people are all over the place as to the best way to do it. So I thought I would post what I have in my possession and see what you guys have to say. </p><p></p><p>So heres what I have:</p><p></p><p>-Macbook with Snow Leopard installed with nonfunctioning optical drive (getting new one with new hard drive though)</p><p></p><p>-The new 250gig HD </p><p></p><p>-750gig external drive (USB only, no Firewire and its the desktop size drive not the laptop size)</p><p></p><p>-The the OS X 10.5 OEM disks and the new Snow Leopard disk.</p><p></p><p>-Carbon Copy Cloner downloaded</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="as5617, post: 920148, member: 121745"] Hi all, I am in need of some expert advice. I am REALLY new to the Mac world and having a hard time deciphering what exactly I need to do to install a larger hard drive and keep all the contents of the old one. I have a Macbook Intel core 2 duo with a 60 gig and im going to a 250 gig. I found the walkthrough on ifixit.com for the actual changing of the drives but I am seriously confused as to how I can clone the drive and put it on the new one. Been a PC guy for a long time so I think I may be making this harder than it needs to be. I have read dozens of threads on this but people are all over the place as to the best way to do it. So I thought I would post what I have in my possession and see what you guys have to say. So heres what I have: -Macbook with Snow Leopard installed with nonfunctioning optical drive (getting new one with new hard drive though) -The new 250gig HD -750gig external drive (USB only, no Firewire and its the desktop size drive not the laptop size) -The the OS X 10.5 OEM disks and the new Snow Leopard disk. -Carbon Copy Cloner downloaded [/QUOTE]
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