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Treat me as if I'm an idiot.. (backup/restore)
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<blockquote data-quote="whitehorse84" data-source="post: 1012600" data-attributes="member: 145886"><p>Ok, go easy on me here.</p><p></p><p>I have a macbook pro with a 120gb 5400rpm hard drive.. Before I start doing a lot of things on here I was hoping to upgrade the internal HD to this one here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD3200BEKT/" target="_blank">320GB 2.5" Western Digital 'Scorpio BLACK'... (WD3200BEKT) at OWC</a></p><p></p><p>So currently I have a few pictures, a few gigs of music, and my personal settings on here (mail, address book, some applications *office/photoshop*)</p><p></p><p>I'm running snow leopard with ilife 09.</p><p></p><p>I have the backup discs for Tiger and my software but the reason I'm running snow leopard is when I purchased the computer I took it to an apple store and they did a clean install of snow leopard/ilife 09 for me so I DO NOT have those discs.</p><p></p><p>If i wanted to install a bigger internal drive what would be the best way to do that and return everything to the way it is after I install the bigger drive?</p><p></p><p>Can I plug in an external HD and make some sort of clone with time machine? if so, how do I do that?</p><p></p><p>Will I need to re-install my applications (office, photoshop, coconut, etc)? Will all my pictures and music come along as well as a install of MAC OS snow leopard?</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the complete newb questions.. but I figure this place is around for questions.. and I'm going to have a ton of em! </p><p></p><p>thanks again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whitehorse84, post: 1012600, member: 145886"] Ok, go easy on me here. I have a macbook pro with a 120gb 5400rpm hard drive.. Before I start doing a lot of things on here I was hoping to upgrade the internal HD to this one here: [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD3200BEKT/]320GB 2.5" Western Digital 'Scorpio BLACK'... (WD3200BEKT) at OWC[/url] So currently I have a few pictures, a few gigs of music, and my personal settings on here (mail, address book, some applications *office/photoshop*) I'm running snow leopard with ilife 09. I have the backup discs for Tiger and my software but the reason I'm running snow leopard is when I purchased the computer I took it to an apple store and they did a clean install of snow leopard/ilife 09 for me so I DO NOT have those discs. If i wanted to install a bigger internal drive what would be the best way to do that and return everything to the way it is after I install the bigger drive? Can I plug in an external HD and make some sort of clone with time machine? if so, how do I do that? Will I need to re-install my applications (office, photoshop, coconut, etc)? Will all my pictures and music come along as well as a install of MAC OS snow leopard? Sorry for the complete newb questions.. but I figure this place is around for questions.. and I'm going to have a ton of em! thanks again! [/QUOTE]
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