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Replacing the hardrive/Data Migration Question
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<blockquote data-quote="tekulvi" data-source="post: 598078" data-attributes="member: 48887"><p>I am new to this forum.</p><p></p><p>I am replacing my stock 120GB HD with a WD 320GB HD (Scorpio).</p><p></p><p>Just wondering if there are any best practices with regards to getting the data to and from the drive currently in my machine to the newest. I know I am probably opening pandora's box by asking for this because everyone has an idea on how to do it and i know alot of it is not uniform. </p><p></p><p>This is the link that apple provides for the physical DIY installation:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Mac...dDrive_DIY.pdf" target="_blank">http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Mac...dDrive_DIY.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>The one thing I cannot find is a DIY guide the how to do the transfer of data. I know Migration Assistant is one way to get it done ( but I am sort of stuck on what comes 1st...sort of the chicken or the egg syndrome). </p><p></p><p>Take out the harddrive and a fresh reinstall on the new HD is another method then copy files.</p><p></p><p>Others say clone 1st...then do the Harddrive upgrade using a 3rd party. </p><p></p><p>I am pretty sure I can do the physical part...im probably overthinking the data transfer portion.</p><p></p><p>Any help is appriciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tekulvi, post: 598078, member: 48887"] I am new to this forum. I am replacing my stock 120GB HD with a WD 320GB HD (Scorpio). Just wondering if there are any best practices with regards to getting the data to and from the drive currently in my machine to the newest. I know I am probably opening pandora's box by asking for this because everyone has an idea on how to do it and i know alot of it is not uniform. This is the link that apple provides for the physical DIY installation: [url]http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Mac...dDrive_DIY.pdf[/url] The one thing I cannot find is a DIY guide the how to do the transfer of data. I know Migration Assistant is one way to get it done ( but I am sort of stuck on what comes 1st...sort of the chicken or the egg syndrome). Take out the harddrive and a fresh reinstall on the new HD is another method then copy files. Others say clone 1st...then do the Harddrive upgrade using a 3rd party. I am pretty sure I can do the physical part...im probably overthinking the data transfer portion. Any help is appriciated. [/QUOTE]
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