Migrate / Move Data to new SSD

I have a proloaded X200
i've bought an SSD that i want to use instead of the 5400rpm
is it possible to move all data onto the SSD, including the Lenovo preloaded partitions ?
i've tried before with Norton Ghost, creating the partitions by hand, with no success...
* need answer fast ! *
Thanks

simply get an enclosure and it comes with a setup CD, just follow the CD and you will be done in no more than 2 Hours (maybe longer, depending on how much data you have)
You can take a look at this link:
http://communities.intel.com/community/tech/solidstate
Choose "data migration"

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How to move library only (not data) to new SSD

I currently have an iMac with a 2TB drive which contains my OS, application and all data (iTunes etc). However, I am about to install a 240GB SSD as an additional drive which I intend to use for the only for the OS and applications. I would like my iTunes library files to reside on the new SSD but to leave the data(music, video etc) on the existing 2TB drive and wonder what is the best way to achieve this.
Any help much appreciated.
Regards

The details of the answer will depend upon how you intend to have to drives set up. If you're not changing drive structure in any way, try copying the iTunes folder to the SSD but do not copy the media folder. On the SSD start iTunes with the option key held own and guide it to the new location of your library files. I believe (but cannot test this) it will still know to look for the files on the other drive. If it doesn't you will have to take additional steps.
Typically the easiest thing to do is not split library and media files. It gets messy when moving between drives and if all your media is on another drive there's not really much point in having the library files on the main drive with no media. You can just leave it all on the 2TB drive, then start iTunes with the option key held down and guide it to the library location on the external drive.

Migrating system/apps to new SSD?

As above, I just bought a new 240GB SSD drive and I would like to migrate my system from the existing HD in the Mac Pro to the new SSD and boot from that SSD. The HD will then become a simple data drive. How can I do this with the least hassle?
Regards
Steve

Are you in the habit of cloning your system already?
Carbon Copy Cloner can move the Lion Recovery Partition.
Also selective choose the folders to skip ~ your media folders in your home account
For how to keep home folder on another drive
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
though keep home folder is fine and just direct your apps where to find their folders.
Also, a clean install and Setup Assistant also works.
I assume you don't want all your data to be on SSD, just the small 1GB in
~/Library
which would benefit from staying with the OS.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
No matter what keep a disk image of your OS, keep a bootable hard drive of the system on standard hard drive. And keep your current setup as backup. Use another hard drive for simple data instead.

S11.1 - Move rpool To New SSD - Some Difficulty [SOLVED]

Hello everyone! Thanks for reading.
I'm attempting to move my existing rpool from a mirror to a new SSD. (On a new HBA on the same system, which works a treat.)
I'm attempting to follow Chapter 11 Archiving Snapshots and Root Pool Recovery
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So far, so good.
Now...
Step "5. Mount the file system that contains the snapshots from the remote system."
mount -F nfs ...Huh? What is this about? What about the 49 gigs of rpool snapshot (and Grub2) I just sent in Step 4.?
Help me out here. I now seem to need a NFS server to zfs send from a dev on my S11.1 across a network and back to another disk on the same machine?
Where have I lost the script, so to speak?
Edited by: 900006 on Dec 11, 2012 3:00 PM

Thanks Cindy, I think you've already helped a great deal by pointing me to the correct approach(es).
Although I couldn't open the link to the bug, I added the line to /etc/system, at the bottom of the file, preemptively.
The existing rpool is on a SAS mirror on an (old and slow) onboard controller.
The SATA SSD is on a newer fast HBA via a breakout cable.
There is a SSD running a dedup pool of nonglobal zones running VirtualBox instances, and a RAIDz1 storage pool cached by another SSD, currently on the new HBA.
Since the rpool mirror was upgraded from S11/11, I think I may have to:
add an SMI label and GRUB before I can bring the SSD into the mirror as bootable,
and then resilver,
and then zpool split the mirror,
then destroy the old mirror (I'll just shutdown and pull the disks at first ;) ),
then rename the rpool2 on the SSD that resulted from the split to rpool
then tell BIOS (or at least make sure it knows it can boot from the SSD in question),
then boot and enjoy
Is this correct?
On edit:
Can I just:
1. Add and resilver in the new SSD into the existing mirror,
2. pull the SAS drives
3. destroy the mirror
4. profit
Or...since I can't read the details of the bug...is it better use of resources to leave rpool on the SAS mirror and simply use the SSD as a cache device?
Edited by: 900006 on Dec 10, 2012 4:30 PM

Best practise to move data to new datawarehouse partitions

Our DW is about 500GB and expected to double in the next three years.
Largest table has 290m rows, but some fact tables have as little as 1k rows.
We are also migrating to SQL Server 2012 (2008R2) by building new servers and will split SSRS and DBMS.
I was thinking I would only partition the larger fact tables, but my dilemma is moving the data to the new servers.
Trying to avoid having to load each table manually, so would moving the tables to be partitioned to a different database on the current server be a viable option, what about all the current subscriptions and SSRS reports ?
Then at some point (only 5 years data) we will need to start archiving, so I wanted this physical design to fit in with assisting the archiving process, seems crazy to partition every fact table or is that a better strategy ?

Hi,
I will move this thread to SQL Server Data Warehousing forum for further discussion.
Here is a link to article on partitioning on Microsoft SQL Server:
Strategies for Partitioning Relational Data Warehouses in Microsoft SQL Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966457.aspx
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My MBP display is not working. Need to move data to new MBP Retina.

Hello.
My 3 yr old MBP display failed (display just showing vertical and horizontal lines).
I bought a new MBP Retina today.
Genius Bar told me to simply attach FireWire, then press "T" on old MBP to boot in Target Mode.
Then, look for old MBP HD icon on new MBP Retina desktop.
I cannot find old MBP icon on desktop.
I cannot transfer data from old MBP to new MBP Retina.
Any help would be appreciated?
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Genius bar told you right - you need to start your old MBP up into target mode (booting while hold down the T key) but you need to have the right FireWire cable hooked up to the machines before you boot either. What year is your old model? Does it hve FW400 or FW800?
Here are the instructions from Apple - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661. Take a look at it and see if it helps. Also make sure that you have the Finder set so that external and remote disks will show up on your Desktop. When the disk mounts you can either just copy over files or, if you want to transfer accounts and associated directories, use Migration Assistant in your Utilities folder to copy over the info.
Good luck - call back if it's not working.
Clinton

Move data from new iMac to Mac SE 1/20

I have some classic Mac software I always migrated to my new Macs for years. Now I got an old Mac SE 1/20 and I wan't to move all my old software to it from my 27" iMac.
The problem:
I bought 1,4 MB DOS-formatted floppies which both computers can read and write to (with PC Exchange on MacOS 7.5).
When the files are copied to the disks on my iMac they look fine, with their long filename, icons,…
But inserted into the SEs floppy drive the disk mounts with 8-character-names and all metadata is lost, so the SE can't open anything.
Formatting the disk to Mac format on the SE creates a disk the iMac mounts as read only volume.
I also have a G4 iMac at home, would using it in-between help?
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Mac OS 10.6 and above can only read HFS disks, not write to them. You will need to transfer the software from the iMac to another mac running 10.5 or lower (i'm 99% sure that 10.5 could still write to HFS disks, however if not then 10.4 tiger definitely could). And then from that mac, transfer the files to the floppy disks after they have been formatted in the SE.
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Migrated movie projects to new machine....

Ok so I bought a new iMac and migrated all my iMovie projects. They play fine within iMovie itself but refuse to export either to iDVD or as a standalone film.
Basically the export starts ok but usually hangs at a random point during the export and I get the beach ball of death until I force quit iMovie.
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Exchange Online: Migrating User Data to New Employee

I'm sorry if this has been discussed already but all my searches for migrating, moving, or transferring all pointed to discussions regarding entire systems rather than users on the same system. Further, I'm not asking anyone to write a script for me,
I'm just trying to figure out if I'm re-inventing the wheel and just haven't found an existing script or am just plain doing it wrong.
We are using Exchange Online (Office 365) without any sort of AD sync. When a user leaves the company their addresses and mailbox data all need to get moved to their replacement and/or supervisor. Sometimes, we have to temporarily remove the
destination user's quotas to be able to receive this influx of data. These individual steps can be done via the admin console but I'm wondering if anyone has put it all together in a script.
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Bryan

Now, it doesn't surprise me that no one had written that _exact_ script. I'm not asking anyone to and am capable to doing it myself provided it's possible via the various cmdlets. However, I am surprised something along those lines hasn't been
created. All my searches yielded thousands of results dealing with the migration from one version of Exchange to another. Yes, you can use Outlook but even for a medium sized company like the one I work at that is cumbersome and time consuming.
You will not find the exact script but there are many scripts in the Gallery showing how to create and mange users. You will need to learn PowerShell to understand these as well as learn how to use the Exchange shell.
Start small. Try and create a script that connects to Exchange and retrives the user in question. Liook at how PowerShell uses "Get" and "Set" commands to update objects. In an afternoon of truying the examples you will have enough information
to write your script and maybe ask a specific question when you get confused.
Here are a whole list of articles on how to use PowerShell with Office 365.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/office+365/default.aspx
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Migrating user data to new iMac, but need to maintain some information on the new computer.

Hi,
I'd appreciate some advice on setting up a new, actually used, iMac. I purchased a year-old iMac from a guy who left several apps and some music on the drive. Should I just use the Migration Assistant as I ordinarily would, or do I need to take some action to ensure that the info on this new computer is maintained? If used normally, will the Migration Asst. integrate the music the seller left for me into my iTune library, will it keep those files discrete from the files already in my library, or is it possible that it will toss them out?
Thanks,
spreldog

I HIGHLY recommend you format the drive and reinstall the OS before you enter ANY of your info on it.
Then use Migration Assistant to get your info from your old computer to new computer.

Clean Install of Mavericks on new SSD - Final Question

I am looking for some help installing a new SSD into my mid-2010 Macbook Pro. I have the 15 inch with i5 and 4GB of RAM. last week I upgraded to 8GB of RAM, purchased from Crucial, and am about to install a MX100 512GB SSD also purchased from Crucial. I have read about the issues with third party drives in Yosemite and because of this I will keep Mavericks until I learn more.
My goal has been to get the new SSD into the computer and treat it like a brand new computer completely clean. This I learned was considered a "Clean InstalI". I am not very good with computers and sometimes the discussions I've read on the internet can generalize things and not define each step like a complete novice like me would need. So I have done a lot of research and below have a step by step guide on how I intend to do a clean install of the operating system onto my new SSD. I am looking for validation that this is correct or any steps I need to adjust.
I had asked a question about 2 months ago that lead me into the direction of doing the clean install. Drew helped out quite a bit and got me started on researching what I need to do for this clean install. There were some comments I had a question with. His notes are in italics and my questions are in bold.
During install use Setup Assistant (it's basically the same as Migration Assistant).
Connect the old HD (Can I connect to my external HD that backed up my old HD via Time Machine?) & choose the option to migrate the User account (leave the applications & other data disabled). (what happens if I opt to not do this step, not migrating User account information, what would be the Pros / Cons... another basic question I guess would be what exactly is in these User Accounts... anything that if I did not migrate over would give me issues?)
When completed you will have the same user on the new disk.
The Applications are left on the old disk, it's better to reinstall them in my opinion.
now on to by guide I compiled...
My Step by Step guide that if confirmed on here I will move forward with! Very excited and hope I got this correct.
Create bootable MAC OS X Mavericks USB Flash Drive
App Store - Download OS X Mavericks from PurchasesDone
Now found in the Applications folder (leave right there)
Plug in USB Flash drive (minimum 8gb)
Go to UtilitiesLaunch Disc Utility
Find USB Flash Drive on left hand side
Format this drive
Click on Erase (tab towards top)
Format: Mac OS Etended (Journaled)
Name: “installMavericks”
Click Erase button at bottom
Launch Terminal
Copy and paste text below. replace the red “Untitled” with the name of the USB drive (installMavericks) - case sensitive and keep the space after installMavericks
click enter - put in password
will take approx 20-30 minutes
If message says Done I now have a USB drive with Mac OS X Mavericks right on itwhat happens if there is an issue?
Text to put in terminal
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
Upgrade HD to SSD
I have backed up my current HD on an external 1TB drive via Time MachineI plan to do a Fresh/Clean install of the Mac OS Mavericks. I will individually bring over songs, pictures, movies, documents etc from the external HD that has the last x amount of my Time Machine Backups of current/soon to be old HD
Open Macbook Case
loosen two screws, pull the entire strip out. The screws do not come out, only loosen
Pull hard drive out with the clear strip of (paper?)
careful, still connected to SATA cable
once removed - use TORX screw driver to remove the 4 screws on the Hard drive and transfer them into the same spot on the SSD
connect SSD to the SATA connector
put the SSD back into its bay by lining up the 4 screws to the locations within the bay
add back the strip that had the two screws from earlier. tighten screws
put case back on.
Plug in USB into computer and turn on computer
Will boot to the Mac OS Utilities
go to “Disc Utility”Find SSD on the left
go to Erase Tab to repartition
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Name: example “new SSD”
click erase at the bottom
Exit out of Disc Utility
go to “Reinstall OS X”Click continue
go through the screens and menus… (not sure what happens here) assuming this is loading the OS Mavericks from the USB to new SSD
after this step is the installation complete?
what will be on the new SSD?
iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band, QuickTime player etcwill these need to be re-downloaded from the App store etc
Logic Pro X, Toontracks, Fluenz etc.these I need to re-download from the sites using serial keys etc. (I have decided to just buy the new Logic Pro X so that I can do the clean install and leave my old Logic Express behind where I have lost the disc that came with it)
From here I can connect my external 1TB drive that had my previous HD backed up on it and pick and choose what songs, movies, pictures, documents etc that I want to drag onto my new SSD
DONE !! ??
Sorry for the long post. Wouldn't make sense not to reach out to this awesome community though. Thanks again for all the help. I realize I am responding to an old post so I may end up re-posting this as a new topic.
Daniel

DRH85 wrote:
...However the simplicity of using Time Machine to migrate over to the new SSD is very alluring. I have found a link that talks about the Pros and Cons. Do you think they summarize things very well?...
Your link makes very interesting reading. One thing that jumps out is how an old HD's installation and Time Machine are equated. Time Machine is a remarkable system, simple on the outside and complex under the hood (this is the fundamental resource on the subject, created by a Community member who is sorely missed). But it doesn't play well with certain types of files (virtual machine files for running Windows, etc., on a Mac for example) and has, in my experience at least, lost some files after briefly saving them. Your old HD, on the other hand, is both complete and current, making it a better source IMHO to migrate from.
The point about older software no longer being compatible is well taken, but I tend to keep older versions long after newer versions appear and I've been surprised at how well they continue to function after the publisher insists they're no longer supported by a newer OS (and are sometimes better than what replaces them). And in the case of commercial software, associated files are often sprinkled far and wide, perhaps to prevent easy pirating. Moreover, while keeping track of serial numbers is always a good idea, many publishers limit the number of installations and entering the S/N over again usually involves the program phoning home to check on the installation count so far. Cloning avoids that more effectively than migrating.

Is there a way to delete a migrated account on my new puter?

The Apple store migrated my data to new MacBook Pro.
I am unable to change the password on my admin account (won't accept my password although the same account on the old puter accepts the password).
I want to delete what they migrated and try the migrate again.
Can I delete the accounts that were migrated?

Apple>System Preferences>Users and Groups ....
Delete the account using the minus sign at bottom left, make sure to get the account you intend to.

Using Migration Assistant to Move Data Files from one Account to New User

Is it possible or recommended to use Migration Assistant to move data files from an old user account to a new user account on the same volume/hard disk?

Migration Assitant cannot be used as a simple file transfer utility. MA can transfer an entire Home folder or entire Users folder but not individual files.
In general files in one user account cannot be moved to another user account as this would violate built-in security measures.
What you can do is to copy the files to an external device like a hard drive or flash drive. First log in to the old account. Then configure the drive to ignore preferences by Pressing COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window and check the Ignore permissions on this volume checkbox at the bottom of the window. Copy your files to the device. Log into the new account. Verify the external drive is still configured to ignore permissions (reset it, if not.) Copy the files from the external device into the Home folder of the new account. I would create a temporary folder for these files. If you still end up without the proper permissions you will need to make modifications that are easier done if all the files are in a single folder.

I just put a solid state hard drive in my mac book pro and used super duper to copy the hard drive and move the data over to thew new ssd, but most of my music isn't in iTunes when I turned it on? How do I get my music to show up in my new drive?

I just put a solid state hard drive in my mac book pro and used super duper to copy the hard drive and move the data over to thew new ssd, but most of my music isn't in iTunes when I turned it on? How do I get my music to show up in my new drive?

Many thanks lllaass,
The Touch Copy third party software for PC's is the way to go it seems and although the demo is free, if you have over 100 songs then it costs £15 to buy the software which seems not a lot to pay for peace of mind. and restoring your iTunes library back to how it was.
Cheers
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php?gclid=CODH8dK46bsCFUbKtAod8 VcAQg

I used migration assistant and my ethernet cable to move data and apps from my 5-yr old Intel-based iMac to my brand new Intel-based iMac running OS Lion. The old machine was running OS 10.5.8. Not all my files transferred (or I can't find them). Help

I used migration assistant and my ethernet cable to move data and apps from my 5-yr old Intel-based iMac to my brand new Intel-based iMac running OS Lion. The old machine was running OS 10.5.8. Not all my files transferred (or I can't find them). I've seen recommendations to select the old computer in System Preferences, but that didn't work. Help. Thanks!

IMO, wrong choice. Start over, using a FireWire cable and following the steps in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide.

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