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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 335833" data-attributes="member: 24160">On the hardware side:To do this just pull both drives out.&nbsp; Install what is now your slave in the position the Master is currently in.&nbsp; You are now free to install the OS onto this drive and have not done anything to the original Master.&nbsp; After installation of the OS, go back in the case and install the original Master in the slave position and have access to your old files. On the software side:Am new to the Mac world and as of yet have never installed a Mac OS.&nbsp; I do not know if installing the OS will erase all the existing data on the &quot;new&quot; Master drive or not.&nbsp; Perhaps others can answer this question. I did find a couple of helpful items in just a couple of minutes googling<a href="http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2007/02/16/how-to-transfer-mac-os-x-application-data-between-computers/" target="_blank">One</a><a href="http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html" target="_blank">Two</a>Although, on a quick search, the info I found was installing or transferring data to a &quot;New&quot; drive not one with existing data that needed to be preserved.And as a note to self, remember to keep in mind you have no options to adjust settings of the motherboard with Apple when building your new system later this year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 335833, member: 24160"] On the hardware side: To do this just pull both drives out. Install what is now your slave in the position the Master is currently in. You are now free to install the OS onto this drive and have not done anything to the original Master. After installation of the OS, go back in the case and install the original Master in the slave position and have access to your old files. On the software side: Am new to the Mac world and as of yet have never installed a Mac OS. I do not know if installing the OS will erase all the existing data on the "new" Master drive or not. Perhaps others can answer this question. I did find a couple of helpful items in just a couple of minutes googling [URL="http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2007/02/16/how-to-transfer-mac-os-x-application-data-between-computers/"]One[/URL] [URL="http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html"]Two[/URL] Although, on a quick search, the info I found was installing or transferring data to a "New" drive not one with existing data that needed to be preserved. [I]And as a note to self, remember to keep in mind you have no options to adjust settings of the motherboard with Apple when building your new system later this year.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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