Cloning OS to SSD?

Hello, I was interested in cloning the os on my HP pavilion 500-310t to a SSD, and was wondering if this was possible and how I would proceed in doing this. Thanks !
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Hi,
I just did this on an 810-150se.
Purchased a Samsung SSD, with 3.5 bracket adapter, and USB adapter.
The drive came with cloning software.
Install cloning software on source PC. Connect the SSD to your 500-310t using the USB adapter and run the cloning software to clone.
Worked great.
Jaco
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How to clone your SSD
I expect if you're doing this project you can learn how to use the Intel software for cloning. Read the web, watch their youtube video. Read the manual...
Remove your factory SSD and insert new Intel SSD (note, you must insert Intel drive in notebook for cloning. Do not try and clone on the USB external drive. Intel software will not detect drive properly). Create a bootable version of the Intel software on a USB drive. Install your factory OEM SSD in the external MSata SSD drive. Go to BIOS and set boot to support legacy, no fast boot, boot to USB.
Boot to the Intel Acronis app on the USB drive. Then connect your OEM SSD via second USB port.
Then follow the wizard on Intel's software. Cloning process took less than 5 minutes.
Unplug your USB devices, go to BIOS and set all all your boot settings back to factory UEFI, fast boot etc.
The PC booted to windows second try. The first time it said it has issues and went through a process to repair. It then said it failed. I rebooted again and it went straight to windows. Did all my windows updates and everything is fine.
Performance
Windows Performance Improvement
Memory - Factory score was 5.9 - Patriot Memory is 8.2 *** Nice Improvement
Hard Drive - Factory score was 6.2 - Intel 525 Drive is 8.2 *** Nice Improvement
This pc is crazy fast booting and shutting down. It boots in 7 seconds. Not sure it's really faster than OEM, but I've never seen a pc boot this fast.
Over all performance is fast. I installed Office 2010 pro from a USB drive in under 5 minutes. Web browsing is crazy fast. I'm super impressed with the speed of this pc. Much faster than I expected.
Size, Shape, Weight, color is great. Performance is great. Happy with upgrades and quality of parts. May be my best notebook purchase to date. I don't have any battery life numbers to report yet. Everything is new and I haven't really spent much time off the charger.
Issues I've experienced during this upgrade of parts
I first tried to clone the SSD drive by putting the Intel drive in the USB enclosure first. The intel software would not work as the PC detects the external SSD drive as a SCSI drive and Intel cloning software could not identify the drive as an Intel Sata drive. I called Intel and they had no advice or help. I also tried a few other cloning softwares that ultimately did not work. As a last resort I switched the drives and everything worked great. Lesson learned, swap the drives first and use Intel software to clone.
Factory restore - doesn't work. Not sure why the factory restore is not working on my new Intel drive. Windows works great! All the partitions are there. I suspect I messed up the OEM restore portion of the drive. At one point I thought I had booted to the Intel drive, and tried the restore (I had about 7 failed cloning tries before the final one worked as I outlined above). It went through the restore process and then failed. However, what I later found was that I had actually booted to the OEM drive in the external USB case and I may have corrupted the restore functionality.
I contacted Lenovo Support and explained I could not restore using the 1 key restore. They walked me through some basic troubleshooting and then opted to mail me factory restore disk. I have the disk and will keep them available for when/if I ever need to restore.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I upgraded from the Yoga 13 to the 11S and am happy to report that the machines are so identical that apparently you can just yank the SSD from one and drop it in the other. I had upgraded my 13" to 240gB SSD + 8gB RAM and simply plopped the two components into the 11S and after about 30 seconds of Windows alerting me that it was 'setting up devices' the machine booted normally and has been working perfectly since!

Warning! Using SuperDuper to clone from an HDD to an SSD might seriously da

WARNING! USING SUPERDUPER TO CLONE FROM AN HDD TO AN SSD MIGHT SERIOUSLY DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF YOUR SSD!
This is the new thread which I referred to when replying to:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2274972&start=0&tstart=0
I used SuperDuper to clone from a VelociRaptor 300GB HDD to an OCZ Agility EX SLC SSD, with disastrous results.
To save me the time of rewriting all the events please refer to the following emails and online submissions:
(Biltan-Wales - 21 Dec 2009 - 11.02 GMT):-
After reading several very favourable product reviews of the above SSD, I have just purchased one from Aria Technology Ltd., to use as a boot drive for my (early 2009) 8-Core 2.93GHz Intel Xeon Nehalem desktop workstation.
Also, prior to purchase of an OCZ SSD, I posted a question on Apple's Discussions' Forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2263023&tstart=0
From the response to this, and from reading several other threads regarding SSDs, I found that several Mac Pro owners are using OCZ SSDs as boot drives, and in some cases employing up to 3 of them.
I received my Agility EX from Aria on 16th. December, and yesterday afternoon I decided to set up my boot drive and 4 drive RAID 0, as described in: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2263023&tstart=0
First of all I used SuperDuper to clone from my VelociRaptor 300GB drive in Bay 1, to my original Apple (WD) 640GB drive in Bay 2.
Then I removed the original Apple drive, and installed it in an ONNTO dataTale TQ-M12H external single enclosure, using a Firewire 800 interface connection. Next I selected this as my boot drive to check it would boot OK, restarted my system, and there was no problem.
So my next step was to install the Agility EX, and another 3 VelociRaptor 300GB drives, in the Mac pro workstation.
First, I reselected VelociRaptor 1 as my boot drive, so that I could use SuperDuper to clone to the Agility EX.
The Agility EX was installed in the lower of the 2 optical bays, and was connected to the pre-wired SATA and power cable, and the VelociRaptors were placed in hard drive bays 2, 3, and 4.
I then started up the Mac Pro, and there were 4 message boxes on the desktop, requesting that the drives should be initialised. So then I used Disk Utility to initialise the 4 drives. The SSD was named "Agility EX Boot", and the others "VelociRaptor 2", VelociRaptor 3, and VelociRaptor 4". The Mac system accepted all 4, and mounted desk top icons for each drive. I cannot remember the exact figure, but the Agility EX was listed as approx. 64GB in Disk Utility after its initialisation. All 4 VelociRaptors are shown as 300.07GB. All drives were formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
The next stage was to use SuperDuper to clone from VelociRaptor 1 to the Agility EX Boot drive.
Everything was fine until 28.00GB had been copied, and then nothing more would copy. The total to be cloned was just under 30GB, which should not have been a problem with a SSD disk capacity of approx. 64GB, but everything was frozen at that point - exactly 28.00GB!
Eventually, my only option was to stop the process, and quit Super Duper.
Then I restarted the system to try again, but this is where there is a real problem now!
My system does not recognise the Agility EX at all now! Also, it is no longer listed in Disk Utility!
The system does not even acknowledge its existence! It is not even shown on the desktop at start-up, whereas I thought that perhaps there might have been another message box requesting that it should be reinitialised.
I tried disconnecting and reconnecting everything - all drives, interface connections, power cables etc., but to no avail!
This morning I tried this again, but still I cannot get my system to even acknowledge the Agility EX, let alone list it!
So at the moment I am still using VelociRaptor 1 as my boot drive, and, in fact, as my main drive, because I am reluctant to use it with the 3 other VelociRaptors as a 4 drive RAID 0 set up until I get this problem with the Agility EX resolved.
(OCZ - 22 Dec 2009 - 18.29 GMT):-
Cloning from a HDD to an SSD is very problematic. I strongly recommend against doing this. Instead you will want to just install normally onto the SSD. You can clone from SSD to SSD, or from HDD to HDD, but going from one to the other can cause issues.
Try disconnecting the drive from the computer for an hour or so. This will allow all power in the drive to fully discharge. This is a way of resetting the drive that can usually recover the drive. Then plug the drive back in. Does the drive show up again?
If so, delete the partition on the drive, then create a new partition and then install the OS onto it clean rather than clone the OS onto the drive. That should resolve the issues you are having.
(Biltan-Wales - 23 Dec 2009 - 16.19 GMT):-
Thank you for your advice.
I have now disconnected the Agility EX SSD, and removed it from my Mac Pro's lower optical bay.
As Christmas is imminent, and I will not be using my system very much over the next few days, I will leave the drive for 4 to 5 days to allow ample time for all the power to discharge.
Then I will reconnect it, and I will let you know whether or not the drive is recognised by my system.
I was not aware that cloning from a HDD to an SSD could be problematic. Several threads on the Apple Support Discussion Forum have recommended using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner for this purpose. SuperDuper is the preferred option of most Forum members, whereas Lloyd Chambers (diglloyd.com), author of "macperformanceguide.com", uses Carbon Copy Cloner to clone his HDD boot drives to his Intel and Crucial SSDs.
After the Agility EX had been set up as my system boot drive, my intention was to use SuperDuper to clone from it to my original Apple (WD) HDD, now in an external enclosure with Firewire 800 interface, and then use SuperDuper's Smart Update for regular backups, so that I always had an up to date spare boot drive for the OS and applications.
The current VelociRaptor 1 boot drive would then be erased, and I would then use the Mac OS Disk Utility to create a 4 drive software RAID ) with the other 3 VelociRaptors, and this would be backed up using Time Machine to my existing WD My Book Studio Edition II 2TB External Hard Drive.
Please correct me if I have misunderstood your advice, but are you saying that I should only use another SSD, and not my original Apple (WD) HDD, as my back-up external boot drive? I don't know of any other Mac users who are using SSDs for that purpose, possibly because of the prohibitive cost of doing so.
I am more than happy to follow your advice to reinstall the Mac OS and my applications cleanly onto the Agility EX, and, in fact, I did exactly that with my first VelociRaptor HDD, before I had SuperDuper. However, that would still leave me with the problem of how to set up and maintain an external back-up system boot drive, without incurring the expense of another SSD. Any suggestions please?
Anyway the most important matter is the existing problem, and I am hoping that following your advice will resolve this.
I will contact you again early next week. In the meantime have a very enjoyable Christmas!
(OCZ - 24 Dec 2009 - 00.25 GMT):-
If the image is of an HDD and that image is then cloned onto an SSD that does tend to be problematic. I do not recommend doing this, as an image of the HDD somewhat regularly does fail to copy onto an SSD and still remain functional or fast.
You can store the image file on any sort of drive. Storing the image file is fine, as that is just a digital file, so the storage medium doesn't matter. Its actually applying that image to a drive is where the problems often occur.
You can image from a HDD to a HDD just fine, or an SSD to an SSD just fine, but going from one to the other is problematic enough that I recommend not doing this. Sometimes it works just fine, but other times it can fail catastrophically to the point of even bricking the drive. To error on the side of caution I recommend just going a clean install on the new SSD.
Once you have that clean install done you can then take an image of that SSD and image on to other SSD's, or store the image on a HDD for backup purposes.
(Biltan-Wales - 29 Dec 2009 - 13.16 GMT)
Thank you for your last email.
Further to your previous email, and my reply of 23/12/2009. this morning I reconnected the Agility EX SSD.
However, unfortunately, the drive has not showed up again on my system. There is no icon for it on the desktop, nor is it listed in Disk utility.
When I checked Serial-ATAS in my Mac Pro's System Profiler, all 6 Intel ICH10 AHCI are listed in the Serial-ATA Device Tree, but, whereas all my other drives are sub-listed, there is nothing underneath the ICH10 AHCI for the lower optical bay.
As the drive has had 6 days to discharge and reset, it would appear that it has not recovered.
Where do I go from here?
I am still awaiting a reply from OCZ, but that is not surprising, because of the different time zones and the Christmas?New Year holiday period.
In the meantime does anybody else have any ideas, please?

Hi thanon,
"So the SSD is not visible, not even in disk utility, even after a restart ?":-
No.
"Check the log of SuperDuper (Window-Show Log); warnings are in red, I think.":-
This is a copy of the log, but it only refers to the original Mac (WD) drive as the Target Volume and it only lists the last Smart Update. There is no record of the original cloning to the same drive on 21st. December, nor of the interim Smart Updates. There is no record logged at all for the OCZ Agility EX SSD, despite the unsuccessful cloning attempt on 21st. December:-
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | SuperDuper!, 2.6.2 (87), path: /Applications/SuperDuper!.app, Mac OS 10.6.2 build 10C540 (i386)
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Started on Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Source Volume: VelociRaptor 1, mount: /, device: /dev/disk3s2, media: WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U1, interconnect: Internal SATA, file system: "Journaled HFS+", OS: 10.6.2 (10C540), capacity: 299.73 GB, used: 30.53 GB, directories: 164608, files: 521266, ejectable: NO, ACLs: Enabled
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Target Volume: Untitled 1, mount: /Volumes/Untitled 1, device: /dev/disk5s2, media: Ext Hard Disk, interconnect: External FireWire, file system: "Journaled HFS+", OS: 10.6.2 (10C540), capacity: 639.79 GB, used: 30.27 GB, directories: 164519, files: 522654, ejectable: YES, ACLs: Enabled
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Copy Mode : Smart Update
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Copy Script : Backup - all files.dset
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Transcript : BuildTranscript.plist
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | PHASE: 1. Prepare to Copy Files
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing VelociRaptor 1
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying the integrity of volinfo.database
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | volinfo.database OK
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on VelociRaptor 1
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Refreshing Disk Arbitration ...
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that permissions are enabled for VelociRaptor 1
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Permissions on '/' are enabled.
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing Untitled 1
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on Untitled 1
| 11:39:15 AM | Info | Refreshing Disk Arbitration ...
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that permissions are enabled for Untitled 1
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Permissions on '/Volumes/Untitled 1' are enabled.
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that Untitled 1 ACL support matches VelociRaptor 1
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Preserving Spotlight state on Untitled 1
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Disabling Spotlight search indexing on Untitled 1
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | PHASE: 2. Copy Files
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Copying files from VelociRaptor 1 to Untitled 1 using Smart Update
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Cloning VelociRaptor 1 to Untitled 1
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Copying copy files with delete using script: /Users/williamtanner/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Copy Scripts/Standard Scripts/Backup - all files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 27 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude system temporary files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 6 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude system cache files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude Norton FileSaver files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 2 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude Google Desktop Index files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude iTunes Temporary files.dset
| 11:39:16 AM | Info | Loading 0 commands from copy script /Users/williamtanner/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Copy Scripts/Standard Scripts/Backup - all files.dset
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /.vol
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /.vol
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /cores
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /Network
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /.Spotlight-V100
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Preserving /.Spotlight-V100
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | /private
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/folders/-S
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/folders/zz
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/com.epson.epw
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/com.apple.speech.synthesis.globals
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/launchd
| 11:39:20 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/com.WD.WDDriveManagerService
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/vm/swapfile0
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/vpncontrol.sock
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/usbmuxd
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/syslog.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/syslog
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/printtool
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/portmap.socket
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mDNSResponder
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/cupsd
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/com.apple.ActivityMonitor.socket
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/asl_input
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/SCHelper
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/diskarbitrationd.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/configd.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/DirectoryService.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/.DSRunningSP1
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/automount.initialized
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mds.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/com.apple.loginwindow.didRunThisBoot
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/pppconfd
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/resolv.conf
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/sntp.log
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/ntpd.pid
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/utmpx
| 11:39:23 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mds
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/db/BootCache.playlist
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/db/volinfo.database
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/MobileDevice.log
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launchd-99.KTlnYd
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-TIwnDn
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-S6asBo
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-1v6MDi
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/icssuis501
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/4b3745a3d4d81
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/target221.indexState
| 11:39:32 AM | Info | /Users
| 11:39:36 AM | Info | Ignoring /.hotfiles.btree
| 11:39:36 AM | Info | /bin
| 11:39:36 AM | Info | /sbin
| 11:39:36 AM | Info | /usr
| 11:39:48 AM | Info | /System
| 11:41:47 AM | Info | /Library
| 11:42:41 AM | Info | /Applications
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /.Trashes
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /.fseventsd
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Preserving /.fseventsd
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /dev
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /net
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /home
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | /Volumes
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/My Book
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/VelociRaptor 3
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/VelociRaptor 4
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/VelociRaptor 2
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/VelociRaptor 1
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/Untitled 1
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Evaluated 685438 items occupying 29.45 GB (164606 directories, 511269 files, 9563 symlinks)
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Copied 463 items totaling 0.69 GB (117 directories, 335 files, 11 symlinks)
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | Cloned 29.15 GB of data in 306 seconds at an effective transfer rate of 95.25 MB/s
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Resetting Custom Icon bit on Untitled 1
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | PHASE: 3. After Successful Copy
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Making Untitled 1 bootable
| 11:44:22 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Blessing OS X System Folder
| 11:44:23 AM | Info | Successfully blessed Mac OS X folder on Untitled 1
| 11:44:23 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Blessing OS 9 System Folder
| 11:44:23 AM | Info | Did not bless Mac OS 9 System Folder on Untitled 1 because it does not exist.
| 11:44:23 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Updating prebinding on Untitled 1
| 11:44:23 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Updating boot cache on '/Volumes/Untitled 1'
| 11:44:30 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache[271] current i386 cache file invalid because /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv has changed
| 11:44:34 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:34 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:38 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache[271] current ppc cache file invalid because /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv has changed
| 11:44:41 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:41 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:45 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache[271] current x86_64 cache file invalid because /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv has changed
| 11:44:48 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:48 AM | Info | updatedyld_sharedcache: warning mismatched install path in /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/MetadataLib.dy lib for /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib
| 11:44:52 AM | Info | Successfully updated boot cache on Untitled 1
| 11:44:52 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Restoring Spotlight state on Untitled 1
| 11:44:52 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Restoring Spotlight search indexing state on Untitled 1
| 11:44:53 AM | Info | /Volumes/Untitled 1:
| 11:44:53 AM | Info | Indexing enabled.
| 11:44:53 AM | Info | Indexing enabled on Untitled 1
| 11:44:53 AM | Info | Copy complete.
"Maybe turn the MP off, pull the power cord and disconnect all external devices but keyboard and mouse, disconnct the SSD, reconnect and start MP":-
I have tried this several times without any success.
"Also, make sure no programs are running during cloning, and leave the computer alone.":-
SuperDuper was the only program running when I cloned firstly to the Mac (WD) HDD, and secondly to the Agility EX on 21st. December.
Also everything was disconnected before I removed and transferred the Mac HDD to an external enclosure.
After I had checked that the Mac HDD had been cloned successfully, everything was disconnected again before I fitted the Agility Ex and the other 3 VelociRaptors in the lower optical drive bay, and drive bays 2,3 & 4 respectively.
I used a Lindy anti-static Service Kit throughout the whole process. I purchased this originally for when I installed 16GB of Kingston RAM, an ATI Radeon HD4870, and my first VelociRaptor

What will I need to upgrade my Macbook Pro's HDD to an SSD?

I wanted to know what I would need in order to upgrade my early 2011 Macbook Pro's HDD to an SSD. What should I consider before making the change from an HDD to an SSD? Also what are the pros and cons to making this change - excluding the price of the drive of course.
I have read in some places that changing form an HDD to an SSD will reduce battery life but I am getting mixed information about this because some articles say how it actually improves batterly life.
I also read that a lot of SSDs are incompatible with Macbook Pros and so it worries me that I would invest this much money for no reason. Another thing I am uncertain about is what SATA to get, I believe the early 2011 MBP has SATA III, but I've read that the SSDs don't perform at SATA III speeds.
In short, I don't know much about the specifications, but if you guys can elaborate on them and suggest the right thing to do would be great. Also, what kind of kits or seperate parts would I need beside the actual SSD to do this upgrade.
Thanks in advance.

Another thought about cloning to an SSD.
I've done my fair share of cloning to new drives to only later sanitize (zero out) it and do a fresh install. I think cloning is a great alternative for Mac OS's 10.6.X and below, but for 10.7X and above A fresh install is MY preferred choice.
As Bimmer mentioned "if you have unresolved issues with your Macbook, that gets copied over to your new drive when you do a clone...".
Sure it takes a little longer but you'll feel better in the end. When you take out the OLD drive save it for a few weeks after installing the NEW drive (SSD) just to make sure your new drive is working properly. That way if the new drive fail just swap them back.
Get all your ducks in a row before you start.
1. Solid backup
2. Boot disk Snow Leopard and below or Boot USB drive with Lion or Mountain Lion
3. Fast Internet connection, either LAN (fastest) or WAN (will work)
I'm willing to walk you through it and sure Bimmer will do the same. Just let us know when your ready, hopefully you have a second computer to commutate.
Good Luck!

Can intel 520 series SSD be installed in macbook pro mid 2009

This is some of the information for the 180g SSD I want to replace my HD in my 13" macbook pro mid 2009
25nm NAND Flash Memory
2.5” form factor
SATA 6.0 Gb/s performance
My computer though has this information for its hard drive:
Product:          MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:          3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:          1.5 Gigabit
Description:          AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
I know that the SATA 6.0 will be backwards compatible with my connection, but I was wondering if I am going to hit any problems. I am going to do a full time machine backup so I can have everything cloned onto the SSD, but want to know before I buy the SSD

Recently installed same type of SSD (Intel 520 120GB) in our 2010 Macbook (white) and runs just as well as its big bro. No problems at all. Storage isn't an issue since most stuff's in the cloud these days and we carry large files around on a USB stick. Way to go!

New SSD install Mavericks and apps

I am installing a Samsung Pro 840 ssd in my 2011 MBP 17" to replace the spinner. What is the best method for a clean install - clone the HD or install new apps?

A clean install is not a clone, but if your system is otherwise working properly, cloning to the SSD will have you up and running a lot faster, and with fewer issues of software licensing. Also, running the 10.9.2 combo updater can serve as a refresh of your system once the cloning is done. Finally, be sure to enable TRIM on the SSD.

What is the best way to move Lightroom 3 from my old ssd to my new ssd?

I recently installed a new and larger ssd on my computer. When I attempted to clone my old ssd, it corrupted my old windows 7 on the original ssd and left me with a blue screen version on my new ssd. So after reformatting the new ssd and completing a clean install of windows 8 I am ready to move my lightroom 3 over. I want to do this without losing all my work on my photos and I am not enthused with cloning my old ssd as it did not work and left me with days of frustration. Please help with the best way to accomplish this.
Thanks,
Dan Rafferty

Install Lr 3 to your new SSD using the original cd.
You can also downlad version 3.6 from here: Adobe - Lightroom : For Windows
Then copy your catalog, previews, and images over from the old disk, and make sure everything goes to the same location as on the old disk.

M4 SSD lifetime expectancy dropping far too quickly

Hi all, For a long time I used an 128 GB m4 SSD for my Windows 7 64-bit build, and it was great. You can see here after 5892 hours on and 976 power on cycles, I still have a health of 99%. Awesome!
Then i found that 128 GB was feeling a little small so I upgraded to a 256 GB m4, cloned the old SSD (above) to the new SSD, and carried on as normal. However, today I look at Crystal Disk and see that this bigger SSD has only 737 hours on but already used 4% of its health - significantly more than my smaller SSD above. Can anyone give me an idea why my new Crucial 256 GB m4 is using its health so quickly? It's a clone of the OS that was on the 128 GB SSD, and the machine is being used exactly the same way. The only hardware change has been a graphics card upgrade which I really can't see effecting the wear and expected lifetime on my SSD. Thank you for reading.

i thought i would contribue to this topic since for the past 2 years i couldn't for the life of me figure out why my Crucial M4 256GB SSD's life is descreaing like a roller coaster. i have another Cricual M4 512 as my gaming rig, which sees about 3~6 hours of on-time everyday that go through earily 30~60 GB of data erase cycle per week, and another Cricual MX100 SSD inside my work laptop which sees about 8 hours of duty everyday, both of which thus far are well above 95% life. The problem is with my M4 256, which is inside my HTPC (Win7 64 SP1) that's on 24/7 as the hub of the house. it's only being used as an OS drive, all the heavy data IO is done through 4 other large capacity HDDs inside the same case. The M4 256's TRIM is on, and i checked this with both OS command as well as a physical tool written by someone that goes back to the block to check if the previously erased block indeed is indeed reset, and it is. for a while i thought it was because some random ghost program is writing to the C drive, so i installed HD Sentinal and monitored the data written throughout the span of 4 months, and within that time frame, the life decreased another 9%, and only average of 8GB is written to the drive daily, whic is a farcry from the manufacture rated spec calculation. i noticed this phenominom about two years ago when the drive started dropping from 100% to 97%, and now 2.25 years after, i am at 58%. Crystal Disk info and HD Sentinal are telling me that i have anothe 336 days left, which is slightly under a year. this gives about 3~3.5 years of operating life span for the drive. all the other Cricial drives in the house don't seem to have this problem, they're all well above 95% mark. i am at my wit's end. as it isn't the problem with Trim, and it isn't the data written per day, no defrag, and no backup, the blocks ARE aligned, and it's been on the latest firmware since the day i got it over two years ago. at this point, i am experimenting with turning off the C drive after 20 mins to see if that'll slow down the Garbage Collection to see if that'll slow itself down from kiling itself. as the OP i really don't want to reinstall the OS and go through formating. since it's a HTPC, several equipment and media configurations have been carefully calibrated and crafted to work with the machine. to reformat and reinstall is a huge understaking for this setup. my hope is that in less than a year, the SSD price will drop some more, by then perhaps i will expreiment with a different brand of SSD and reimage everything over and see if that'll fix the problem.

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