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    N00b Question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Aaro, Nov 12, 2007.

  1. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I was wondering if you change the hard drive, do you have to install the OS again? If so, do they give you the CD so that you can reinstall it with the macbooks?
     
    Aaro, Nov 12, 2007
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  2. Charr

    Charr Notebook Deity

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    For a swapping the hard drive, I would recommend coping the data from one drive to another. For these operations, I use Norton Ghost, but any similar program would work well, but that would involve a host computer running the software on both drives simultaneously.
     
    Charr, Nov 12, 2007
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  3. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh well i wouldn't have anything on the hard drive, it would be new.
     
    Aaro, Nov 12, 2007
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    sailor720 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a base macbook and swapped the hd for a wd 250gb, installed osx off the 2 included dvds, took a while but was straight foward
     
    sailor720, Nov 13, 2007
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  5. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you want to copy your existing data onto the new HD, you will need an external HD or enclosure, and then use Migration Assistant to copy your preferences etc. over onto the new HD after installing OS X on the new HD.
     
    Budding, Nov 13, 2007
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    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    When I got a new HD, I made a bootable clone of my original on an external and just copied it over with Disk Utility when I installed the new one.
     
    M@lew, Nov 13, 2007
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    well you said it wouldnt have anything on it, so yes then just use the re-install disks to put the OS on the new drive.
     
    stealthsniper96, Nov 13, 2007
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  8. Aaro

    Aaro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay thank you everyone, I'll get a bigger hard drive and just do that. But how much is enough? I'll be running Windows Vista with bootcamp, and im not sre how much space it takes. I'll also might be playing some gaems too. Is 120g or 160gig enough? If so, how much are they?
     
    Aaro, Nov 13, 2007
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