Can Apple replace iMac 24" drive with a solid state drive?

Can Apple replace my early 2009 iMac 24" drive with a solid state drive?

An Apple Store will most likely refer you to a local Apple Authorized Service Provider for that type of work.
Go to > Support > Find an AASP > click the Service Box > enter your Zip code and call some of those AASP's to see which one's do that type of upgrade.

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If you purchased your iPhone from Apple within the last 14 days then you can return it to switch it for another color if you wish.
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HT1661 Problems mounting Imac in target disk mode on retina laptop with a solid state drive as host

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I'm assuming your target Mac is running 10.6?
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"In addition to TRIM, I just stumbled on this discussion. One of the posters is having some odd difficulties with that combination."
Yup and that's why I've avoided any 3rd party SSDs.
I only deal with:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC
I've done 6 so far and no problems at all; formatting, installing nothing. Total no brainer. I did have a small formatting problem on my last one but I called them and solved the problem before the guy got on the phone. He immediately offered a return sticker (RMA) but I didn't need it and the MBP is running fine.

I'm looking to but the iMac 27" with 2TB Serial ATA Drive 256GB Solid State Drive . Will time machine automatically back up both the hard drive and the solid-state drive? Ae there any catches or things to be aware of?

Will time machine on Lion, Mac OS 10.7, automatically back up both the internal hard drive and the internal solid-state drive both inside a 27" iMac?

Also, you may find this of interest
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Can I migrate my data from a regular hard drive to a solid state drive using only a Time Machine backup from an external hard drive?

I just bought a Samsung 830 256GB solid state drive which I will use to replace my 15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009 MacBook Pro's stock hard drive. I also keep an external hard drive in which I keep my regular Time Machine backups via FireWire. Would I be able to migrate all my data from it after putting in the solid state drive? I prefer not to use any third-party applications and I do not plan on replacing the SuperDrive with the hard drive that I'm going to remove from my laptop.

chinodelarosa wrote:
Would I be able to migrate all my data from it after putting in the solid state drive?
Yes.

How to migrate from internal hard drive to SSD (Solid State Drive)?

I just bought 128GB SSD. I want to replace my internal hard drive with SSD on MacBook Pro. My internal drive has only Mac OS installed (no dual boot with Windows/Linux). Going forward I want to boot my Mac OS from SSD and use internal drive for backup purposes only. I read many forums regarding this here, but each one talks about different methods of doing it.
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* Casper 6.0 for the Windows side (not free)
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Installation on netbook with a solid state drive

I burned the most current archlinux installation image onto a usb and booted into it on my eeepc 900 netbook. The archlinux splash screen comes up just fine and I am able so select the boot archlinux option. After a bunch of output on the screen it gets hung up after the line:
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
ERROR: boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt
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Can I put a SATA 3 Solid State Drive in my Compaq Presario CQ57-447SI?

I would like to upgrade my Compaq Presario CQ57-447SI and replace the hard drive with a solid state drive. I'm considering the OCZ-Vertex-4 2.5 inch SATA 3 Solid State Drive (128GB) but I'm not sure if this will be compatible with my notebook?

Hi:
If a SATA II drive is a lot less, then probably yes.
Notebook specs are very sketchy.
The chipset may be capable of SATA III transfer speeds, but HP may not have SATA III controllers on the motherboard.
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/value-chipsets/mobile-chipset-hm65.html
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You would think that HP would hook up the primary SATA AHCI controller to one of the 2 SATA III ports, but that may not be the case.
That is the best I can do for you since I don't have your notebook and cannot confirm the speed the drive runs at.
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Hello all,
I need to replace the hd in my iMac and was thinking of replacing it with a solid state drive. I found a 2.5 inch hard drive but before I purchase the drive I was wondering if I am going to need a different mounting plate as well? The drive I had in mind is OCZ Agility 4 AGT4-25SAT3-512G 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD).
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The one that is sold with the iMac is 250 gig. Does that mean it's storage capacity is lower than a normal 1TB hard drive?
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Hi,
I have been assisting a client with installing Windows XP onto a PXI-8108 controller. They have replaced the default HDD with a solid-state HD.
We have attempted to run the System Recovery CD. The recovery part works fine, ie. you select Acronis, it unzips all the files to C drive.
However when it gets up to the bit where Win XP Setup starts (after rebooting once the Recovery section completes), we have issues.
It can't find files, ie. dmconfig.dll, gm.dls, etc on the Win XP CD. When it tries to find mfc40u.dll, it came up with an error:
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We have tried two different recovery CDs, and we even tried just a plain Win XP CD. All had similar issues.
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It may just be that we have a faulty SSD, however it seemed to work ok when we had it connected to the PXI via USB (with the default HDD still in place). I was able to run diskcheck, which did not bring up any errors. Disk Management showed things were healthy.
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http://wiredinsoftware.com.au

This is more than likely a failing disk. SSDs don't always report failures in the same way as a rotating drive. Also, the tools that are helpful with diagnosing rotating drive failures don't always work with SSDs.
From the thread, it sounds like you have another system with this same SSD and it is working properly. Does that system have the same PXI Controller and Chassis?
I have seen these types of errors if the media for the OS installation is corrupt, but it sounds like you have tried different CDs.
I realize you have limited access to this drive, but here are my recommendations:
1) Put the failing SSD in a different system (desktop is preferable), and install a base version of XP. If this fails, RMA the drive, they normally have 3-5 warranties.
2) Run Crystal Mark Info and check for SMART failures:
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
3) You can securely erase the SSD, which is not for the faint of heart. This will restore the drive to a new condition. If the drive has a bad cell which is causing data corruption during the OS install, securely erasing the drive will hopefully cause the firmware to map out the bad areas. This is a good tutorial, just ignore that fact that it is targeted at Intel drives.
http://www.iishacks.com/2009/06/30/how-to-secure-erase-reset-an-intel-solid-state-drive-ssd/
I hope this helps out,
Regards,
Andrew Mierau
Project Engineer - Servers & RAID Storage
National Instruments

T440 - solid state drives and sleep mode, shutting down, etc.

First time with a solid state drive. With my T61, i tend not to actually shut it down unless i really need to. I just leave it on, close it, and let it go into sleep mode - which i can tell its in because of the moon icon/light. if i just need to move it around the house, i also only put it in sleep mode. If I take it somewhere of course I shut it down first. But that's always a pain, I tend to have multiple browser windows open with many, many tabs. I just hate having to book mark it all (even using bookmark all tabs) then opening them all up again.
So, I'm wondering
1) there doesn't seem to be any light to indicate that its in sleep mode - but maybe it doesn't exist in the same way with a SSD? I was always under the impression that the point of that was to make sure the moving parts of the drive had stopped before you moved the laptop.
2) is it still ok for me to just leave it on most of the time like I do with my T61?
3) Can I get away with not shutting it down when I take it someplace? Other than the battery running down - why would that be a problem since it doesn't have a spinning hard drive?
4) Windows 8, ok this is really a different topic, but I'm here already. When you shut it down, if for example, you have a bunch of browser windows and tabs open and maybe a couple of word docs - when its started back up, will it automatically open all that? Or do i have to re-open all the windows, find the word files, etc.?
5) Anything else I should know about a SSD or windows 8 that is significantly different from what i've had with my T61? (other than the logo being upside down on the top cover)
Moderator Note; subject edited; system type added

Hi again,
1. The red dot over the i in ThinkPad will pulse slowly when your machine is in sleep mode.
2. Yes, absolutely. I use sleep instead of shut down almost exclusively on all machines I use
on a daily basis.
3. Same as before, you don't have to worry about doing anything different. The machine won't
run out of battery during sleep mode for days.
4. It doesn't matter wether you run Windows 7 or 8, you use your browser settings to set it to
open the tabs where you left off.
In Internet Explorer -> Internet Options -> General Tab -> Startup -> Start with tabs from the last session.
In Chrome -> Settings -> On Start Up - Continue where you left off.
Same option is available for Firefox too.
But if you shut your machine down, your programs won't start up automatically with the files you had open
before shutdown, but I'm sure you meant to say sleep, right? When you resume from sleep, everything you
had open will be right there.
5. No, not really. It's just a new generation of a ThinkPad workhorse with a new version of Windows, you
don't have to change any of your daily routines you've gotten used to.
Cheers,
Atli Jarl.
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Creative Cloud to New Solid State Drive

Hello,
I am upgrading my mac mini with a solid state drive, although i already have Creative Cloud on my current harddrive. Will I be able to download Creative Cloud to my solid state drive from the same Creative Cloud account? Or will I need to subscribe to a new membership?

You should be fine to make a copy of your current setup onto a SSD disc, using SuperDuper:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/superduperdescription.html
I am going the same way as you soon, and got this description from the guys at Shirt-Pocket:
First, prepare the new drive (in a drive dock or similar) by partitioning it:
* Start Disk Utility
* Select the external drive hardware in the sidebar
* Click the Partition tab (if it doesn't appear, you selected the volume, not the drive hardware above it)
* Use Disk Utility's controls to divide the drive as needed, even as a single large partition. Use "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as the format type and name appropriately
* Click Options
* Choose the proper partition scheme (GUID for Intel macs, Apple Partition Map for Power PC) and accept the page
* Click Partition.
Then, make a full "Backup - all files" with "Smart Update" or "Erase, then copy" to the new drive.
Rename the drive to have the *same* name as the original.
Now, shut down and swap the drives.
Power back up -- you'll notice it'll take a while to start (it's looking for the original drive). When it finally boots, open System Preferences and select the new drive as the startup drive in the Startup Disk preference pane.
You will of ourse need to make sure that the amount of data on your current drive does not exceed the size of the SSD.
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