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n00b question.... swap 750GB Sata drive with 640GB SSD drive...
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<blockquote data-quote="alex9719" data-source="post: 1340067" data-attributes="member: 228307"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>My name is Alex and I'm a new member here on this forum. As most people I registered not only because I'm turning into a Mac lover more and more, but also because Google can't answer all my questions anymore, hahaha.</p><p></p><p>I recently got myself a MBP 13" with 750GB HDD (currently 450GB in use) but I notice read/write delays (running multiple VM's) so I'm looking to upgrade my HDD to a SSD drive (500-640GB preferably) but I don't want to reinstall everything...</p><p></p><p>Can I use tools like Acronis to make a clone of the current drive and place that clone on a brand new SSD drive?</p><p>Will my machine boot up after this or does even Mac OSX freak out about different drivers?</p><p></p><p>I didn't get an OSX dvd when I got my MBP, do I need it for this operation?</p><p></p><p>I'm using a Timecapsule and can make a full backup, maybe it's a better idea to install OSX on the SSD drive and to transfer the backup to this drive, does that work? In my windows time (sorry for the W-word) I experienced that I needed to reactivate several windows components (like office etc), how's this handled by OSX?</p><p></p><p>Thanks all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alex9719, post: 1340067, member: 228307"] Hello all, My name is Alex and I'm a new member here on this forum. As most people I registered not only because I'm turning into a Mac lover more and more, but also because Google can't answer all my questions anymore, hahaha. I recently got myself a MBP 13" with 750GB HDD (currently 450GB in use) but I notice read/write delays (running multiple VM's) so I'm looking to upgrade my HDD to a SSD drive (500-640GB preferably) but I don't want to reinstall everything... Can I use tools like Acronis to make a clone of the current drive and place that clone on a brand new SSD drive? Will my machine boot up after this or does even Mac OSX freak out about different drivers? I didn't get an OSX dvd when I got my MBP, do I need it for this operation? I'm using a Timecapsule and can make a full backup, maybe it's a better idea to install OSX on the SSD drive and to transfer the backup to this drive, does that work? In my windows time (sorry for the W-word) I experienced that I needed to reactivate several windows components (like office etc), how's this handled by OSX? Thanks all! [/QUOTE]
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