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Carlo Medina · 12-07-2007, 08:33 PM

Daryl (et al.)

Does that Disk Utility method work if one wants to replace a HD inside a Macbook Pro?

For example, can I boot up using Leopard CD, clone that to an external drive, make sure the external drive is bootable, then replace the Macbook Pro HD with the new one, boot up from the Leopard CD, choose the external drive and clone it to the blank internal HD on the Macbook Pro and have it copy everything from the old internal HD to the new one?

I'm hoping the next time I fire up the MBP with the now-cloned internal HD it will boot up as it did before the HD swap?

Thanks!

PS - I'm using this route because I don't have a firewire 2.5" SATA external HD to clone from one internal laptop HD to the one, hence why I'm using an external HD to clone to, then back (it's a 3.5" external HD).

12-07-2007, 08:33 PM	#99 of 113
Carlo Medina Member Location: Here Join Date: Nov 1997 Local Time: 05:16 PM Local Date: 10-15-2008 Posts: 10,631	Re: Official Mac OS X Leopard Installation & Discussion Thread Daryl (et al.) Does that Disk Utility method work if one wants to replace a HD inside a Macbook Pro? For example, can I boot up using Leopard CD, clone that to an external drive, make sure the external drive is bootable, then replace the Macbook Pro HD with the new one, boot up from the Leopard CD, choose the external drive and clone it to the blank internal HD on the Macbook Pro and have it copy everything from the old internal HD to the new one? I'm hoping the next time I fire up the MBP with the now-cloned internal HD it will boot up as it did before the HD swap? Thanks! PS - I'm using this route because I don't have a firewire 2.5" SATA external HD to clone from one internal laptop HD to the one, hence why I'm using an external HD to clone to, then back (it's a 3.5" external HD).