My old internal drive now in FireWire enclosure, BC option dimmed at start

This disk ran BC with xp as an internal drive and the Mac firmware
was ok running Snow Leopard, but simply moving the drive outside
made it hang. Are there firmware updates to be applied? The ones
on there were done several years ago under Tiger.

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Short answer is, Boot Camp will not install/read Windows to/from an external drive.
Read the Boot Camp FAQ's or the Installer Guide and it will answer all your other questions.

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I have a new Win 7 machine, new FF 3.6.3, old hard drive, now external, can't get bookmarks from it to new installation

I got a new computer, Win 7, 64 bit OS, bought an external drive housing where my old hard drive now exists as an external drive. I downloaded a new copy of Firefox, 3.6.3, and would like to get my bookmarks from the old hard drive into the new one but have not found a way to do so. The organize bookmarks/import thing didn't work. I can SEE all of them on the other drive but can't find a way to import them to my new Firefox bookmarks without doing it one by one and there are a couple hundred. I'd like to be able to get them all and have them merge into identically named folders, only a few of which I've created so far in the new machine.

Ok, let me try to explain step-by-step:
#The bookmarks are '''not''' in HTML file. This is OK. Firefox does not store the bookmarks in HTML format.
#Even if you boot the old Firefox, it will show the new bookmarks. This is also OK. You can't really do much about that.
#Uninstalling and re-installing Firefox will '''not''' solve your problem. Firefox will '''not''' see the bookmarks in the external hard drive. Please '''do not''' try this approach.
Now, to make things as simple as possible, let's try to bring all of your old bookmarks and settings into the new computer.
#Make sure that you have closed Firefox completely. This can be done by selecting '''File''' menu and then clicking on '''Exit'''.
#You said you were able to locate the Profile folder on the '''external hard drive''', right? Just to confirm, the name of this folder is something like xxxxxxxx.default (for example, my Profile folder is named 9qnmvkea.default. Yours will be something similar).
#Double click on this folder to open it.
#Select the '''Edit''' menu and click on '''Select All'''. Select the '''Edit''' menu again and then click on '''Copy'''.
#Now, open Firefox from your new computer and follow the instructions given in this article to locate your new Profile folder: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information#Locate_your_profile_folder Locate your profile folder]. Again, this folder would be named like xxxxxxxx.default
#Once this is done, again close Firefox by selecting '''File''' menu and then clicking on '''Exit'''.
#Double click on your new Profile folder to open it.
#Select the '''Edit''' menu and click on '''Paste'''. Windows will ask you if you want to replace existing files with same name. Select '''replace'''. Wait till all the files have been replaced.
#Open Firefox again from the new computer. Hopefully, you should see your old bookmarks now.

When I got my new macbook air, apple downloaded my photos on my new laptop from my old laptop, but now i have duplicates photos because when I started icloud, I got duplicates. How can I delete duplicate photos?

when I got my new macbook air, apple downloaded my photos on my new laptop from my old laptop, but now i have duplicates photos because when I started icloud, I got duplicates. How can I delete duplicate photos?

HI ..
On the new MBAir, open System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect the box next to Photo Stream then reselect it then restart your Mac.

HT204370 I have changed my internal hard drive on my macbook pro. I have put old hard drive into a capsule and have this plugged into my laptop. I can't find the movies on my old hard drive now? Any idea how I can move them to iTunes again? cloud taking H

I have just changed my internal Hard drive on my MacBook pro. I had recently downloaded some movies on iTunes which I want to put into my iTunes library on my new internal hard drive. I have put my old internal hard drive into an external capsule but when I open the icon of the hard drive from the desktop I can't find my movies.
At the moment I have the new movies downloading again from the cloud but it is literally taking hours for even one movie to load.
When I changed the internal hard drive I restored my info from my old external hard drive which hadn't been backed up in a month and hence does not have my latest movies...
I am concerned that I might go over my internet usage limit (flatmate is refusing to change to unlimited package!!!!) by downloading all the movies again from the cloud never mind how long it is taking...
Is there any way to restore all my info and media from the old internal Hard drive in the capsule as well as from the external hard drive?

It means there is no bootable system on the drive. If you still have access to the old drive, then I suggest you boot from it then clone it to the new internal drive. Use OPTION boot to boot from the Recovery HD on the old drive:
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Source means the external old drive. Destination means the new internal drive.

Old hard drive now for timemachine?

I've upgraded my hard drive in my MBP..... I want to take my "old" HDD and now use it for the Time Machine backup..... What do I need to do w/ it first?
THanks.......
Happy Holidays!

How big is your old HDD and how big is your new HDD? The Time Machine HDD should at the very least be as large as the internal HDD. If it is not, you may find yourself in a situation where you will not be able to back up all of your files and expose your self to the possible loss of data. I would then very strongly suggest you get a larger HDD for this purpose.
If you meet the minimum qualifications, you should have an enclosure which you connect to your MBP. Then open SYSTEM PREFERENCES>TIME MACHINE>SELECT DISK. Then select OPTIONS and select those files you do not want backed up. Then your in business.
Ciao.

How do I get my Firefox bookmarks off of my old hard drive (now installed on my new computer as the 2nd hard drive) and into my new installation of Firefox on my new computer?

I had a lovely computer, about 8 years old, running Windows XP; the mother board died; the hard drive was fine.
I now have a new computer, running Windows 7, and I have the old hard drive as my 2nd hard drive.
How do I get my old Firefox bookmarks off the old hard drive and into my new Firefox installation?

You can find your current profile using about:support pasted into the location bar then click on "Open Containing folder. That is where you will want to replace your old files into.
Next find your old profile on your old HD, see
:https://support.mozilla.com/questions/886839
With Firefox down replace the profile files you decide to replace.
You might get a better idea of what you are doing or might want from also looking at
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

How do I migrate firefox settings from a 4.0 FF install on my old main drive, now connected as an external drive, to my new main hard drive's 4.0 FF installation?

My old computer's motherboard cooked, but the hard drive was undamaged. I removed it, and converted it to an external hard drive using cables, and now want to migrate the bookmarks, passwords, and settings to my new computer's main hard drive installation of Firefox.

See [[Managing Profiles]] which explains how to recover data from your profile on the old drive.

Moving system from old internal drive to new internal drive! Best Method.

Hi all. I know this is probably a no-brain er for you guys, but I have just reinstalled my Leopard O/S on my MP plus all my software, hardware, drivers, files, emails etc. but I now wish to put this nice new pristine system on my newest Hard Drive. My question is what the most efficient way to do this.

SuperDuper
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Even Disk Utility -> Restore.
With your old drive as your backup, and for emergency repairs.
Cloning drives and systems is pretty straight forward.
http://www.google.com/search?q=CloneOSX

Have Old Hard drive and want to move old data onto new hard drive in imac.

I am trying to get my files off of an old hard drive. I have it hooked up through a sata drive. I am able to access all the programs but for whatever reason I am unable to access any of the files, i.e- 1,00's of pictures, videos, music, and documents. Is there something else I need to do in order to get the files, or is it possible that all the programs could still be on it but the files are just missing? In the current Sata it only has two plugs but on my hard drive it looks like there is another place to plug something in.

Hello again Shadow,
The way I do this is to:
1) Install your new hard drive into your iBook
2) Get your iBook reassembeled
3) Place your old hard drive in your firewire enclosure
4) Insert your install DVD into your iBook and restart with the C key held down. When the installer launches, select your language in the first pane, click 'continue' and in the upper dropdown menu in the next page select Utilities > Disk Utility. After DU is open, select your hard drive from the list of volumes on the left (the very top one), and then click the 'Partition' tab to the right. Then select 1 partition (normal) and make sure that you have 'Mac OS Extended (journled)' selected in the lower section. Then click 'partition'
5)Quit disc utility, which brings you back to the installer. continue with your installation of OS X. In one of the first steps you will see a button on the lower left which says 'options' click on that and make sure that the option 'Installs OS X for the first time' is selected. It will normally be selected by default with a new drive.
6) After the installation, the Migration Assistant will ask if you would like to transfer your information from another mac. click yes then follow the instructions. but instead of using another mac, connect a firewire cable from your enclosure with your old hard drive installed. The installer will think that this is another mac and will transfer all of your account information and user files (everything!)from your old drive to your iBook's new drive. Just diconnect when it says to and complete the installation sequence.
You're done!
Check back again if anything is unclear.
Randy
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What is the correct way to transfer data from old hard drive to new Crucial SSD on a mid 2010 13" MBP

I just bought an Crucial M550 256GB for my mid 2010 MBP. And I'm not clear on the data transfer instructions.
1) it came with Acronis instalation kit with a blank CD and a usb cable. I'm not sure what this CD is used for?
2) is it best to install the SSD with a fresh OSX download and then just use time machine to load all my previous settings?
3) or do I partition the SSD before I install it in the MBP and transfer using a clone?
Not sure what to do here...

Well, I am not familiar with the Crucial kit you got - you might want to ask them about that blank CD...... however, I did install an SSD and this is what I did:
I ordered a kit from OWC which included an external USB hard drive enclosure and tools. When it arrived, I first installed it in the external enclosre, hooked it to my MBP and then used CarbonCopyCloner to make a full bootable clone of my system on the new SSD after formatting it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and the GUID partition scheme. I then uninstalled the internal, installed the SSD in its place (following the install video availabe at OWC) and booted up - that was it. I installed the old internal drive into the external enclosure for an instantaneous bootable cbackup.

Replaced internal HD - now how to migrate Fusion /Bootcamp from old drive??

I haven't seen quite this situation yet....I recently upsized to a larger harddrive in my MacBook Pro.
I backed up my internal 90GB hardrive to a new external Hitachi 200GB 7200 SATA drive using SuperDuper. Booted OSX 10.5.2 from the "new" external drive, to ensure it worked, then shutdown and swapped my old harddrive for the new one, putting the old one in the external enclosure.
My new HD works just fine, but I can't seem to find a way to migrate my old fusion bootcamp WIN XP partition to the new drive. I can actually run the VM on the external (firewire) drive, but want to move it to a new, larger partition on the new internal drive. I've created a new partition using bootcamp assistant, installed WIN XP back onto it enough to format the partition, then tried various ways to copy my "old" Win XP bootcamp partition from the external (old internal) drive. Nothing I've tried yet works. My bootcamp partition on the old drive is FAT32, so I can't use WINCLONE.
I guess I could just start from scratch again, but I've already activated my OEM WIN XP Pro edition twice (once on bootcamp, once with Fusion), and would prefer not to lose this, and the other installations on my windows partition....
Can anyone point me to something that will work?
Dennis in Bellingham

You know,
The more I think about this, it seems as though the real problem is probably in my Bootcamp Windows XP installation. I'm trying to increase my previous 10GB partition to a new one(on the new internal drive) of 32 GB. I have read that Windows XP can only format a FAT-32 drive of up to 32 GB. I'm wondering if I ever got a bootable Windows installation?
I'm trying it again - watching this part carefully...
When I get to the Win XP setup screen asking about format, I get the following choices (only):
Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)
Format the partition using the NTFS file system
Convert the partition to NTFS
Leave the current file system intact (no changes)
I then decided to try a 30 GB Bootcamp partition, and see if this screen changes..
Yup, this time I have the FAT32 format options, both Quick and other. I did not choose quick, and formatted with FAT32.
Then, proceeded with Win XP installation thru a reboot, verifying that it would boot successfully into windows. At that point (mid way thru final windows install), I interrupted it and rebooted to OS X, then followed the above instructions.
Again, once complete, I got a "non-system disk" error.
Help!

How do I get the data on my old hard drive onto the newly installed one?

Hi all,
Just got a new 160GB hard drive into my trusty 12" Powerbook G4. Now, what is the simplest and most effective way for me to load all my old data onto my new drive? I've heard of Carbon Copy Cloner and DejaVu, but no experience in these matters I'm afraid. I'm no hardware expert either I admit, and just got the drive swapped. I do have the old one (untouched) in a Firewire enclosure though... any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
Peter

Peter:
If you swapped out the HDD yourself, you are doing pretty well. On top of that you have the old HDD in a Firewire enclosure. Great!
Next step is to format and erase the HDD.
Formatting, Partitioning Erasing a Hard Disk Drive
Warning! This procedure will destroy all data on your Hard Disk Drive. Be sure you have an up-to-date, tested backup of at least your Users folder and any third party applications you do not want to re-install before attempting this procedure.
• Connect old HDD in FW enclosure to computer via firewire.
• Hit Power button
• Immediately after chime hold down the Option key.
• Select your old HDD and click right pointing arrow.
• Log into your old account.
• Go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility and launch DU.
• Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in left side bar.
• Select Partition tab in main panel. (You are about to create a single partition volume.)
• Click on Options button (where available)
• Select Apple Partition Map (PPC Macs) or GUID Partition Table (Intel Macs)
• Click OK
• Select number of partition in pull-down menu above Volume diagram.
(Note 1: One partition is normally preferable for an internal HDD.)
• Type in name in Name field (usually Macintosh HD)
• Select Volume Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• Click Partition button at bottom of panel.
• Select Erase tab
• Select the sub-volume (indented) under Manufacturer ID (usually Macintosh HD).
• Check to be sure your Volume Name and Volume Format are correct.
• Click Erase button
• Quit Disk Utility.
Clone Old HDD to new HDD using SuperDuper
• Install new HDD in computer
• Format new HDD (see directions above)
• Install old HDD in firewire enclosure
• Connect enclosure to computer
• Download and launch SuperDuper
• In the Copy field select your external HDD (old HDD in enclosure)
• To is your newly installed and formatted HDD
• Using backup all files
• Click Options button
• Check Repair Disk Permissions on Source
• During copy Erase Destination HDD then copy from Source
• On successful completion Quit SuperDuper
• Click Copy button and confirm
(Note: I find SuperDuper is much easier to use, although CCC will do an excellent job as well).
Please do post back with further questions or comments.
cornelius

My 27" iMac (2009) won't boot OSX from the internal drive

Here's a fun problem. After installing Sophos anti-virus and starting a (VERY slow) full scan, a day or two later I found my iMac frozen at the screensaver. It was completely unresponsive so I did a hard reboot, at which point it got as far as starting to boot Lion (apple logo on screen, spinning indicator showing) before stalling indefinitely in that state with the indicator spinning.
I restarted and booted from the recovery partition, launched disk utility, and discovered that the SMART status of the drive was "failing". The machine would still boot from the recovery partition and my boot camp partition, but I assumed that the disk failing was why the OSX partition wouldn't boot (the recovery partition worked, as did the windows 7 bootcamp partition). I replaced the factory-installed internal HDD with another of the same make, model, and capacity (Seagate 1TB), and performed a restore from the Time Machine backup on my Drobo.
The result was the same as the original problem - it wouldn't boot, hung with the indicator spinning. Thinking that the Sophos scan was somehow responsible (in-progress when the last TM backup was made) I tried restoring to a backup a few days older, (to the best of my recall from BEFORE I downloaded Sophos) only to have the same result.
Anyone have any ideas? I made a clean install of Lion (using the recovery partition on my old internal HDD, now connected externally via USB) to an external drive while I was waiting for the replacement hard disk to arrive, and it boots fine from that. I haven't tried a clean install to the internal HDD yet, as I'd obviously prefer to recover my installed apps as they were before, that being the point of a Time Machine backup, right?

You have a serious drive issue that likely can't be repaired that way.
Follow the data recovery efforts here, your drive still works and thus data can be recovered, won't be easy
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3172
If you have your data off the machine, to a storage drive (or earlier with TM)
then hold command r keys and use Disk Utility to Erase the Lion Partiton with Zero option, and reinstall Lion from Apple's servers.
use the same name (important), different password ok Software Update fully
install your programs from fresh orignal sources and return files into their respective folders
once your stable, read the backup proceedures here etc.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents
note, don't move your computer while it's operating

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Double-click the FileVault image and provide the password associated with that Mac OS X user account when prompted. If you don't have that password, but do have the master password, place the drive in a FireWire enclosure, use it to start up the computer, and unlock the FileVault account from there. If you don't have either password, the data inside is unrecoverable without them.
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I recently purchased a new external hard drive and a new internal hard drive. Before installing the new internal drive, I backed up the old internal drive on the external drive. Then I installed the new internal drive to my Macbook Pro. However, when I tried to access and print my Aperture images on the new internal drive, I received an error message saying "versions with unavailable master images cannot be printed." I clicked on 'show referenced files," but couldn't determine how to recover my master images. I checked the forum and under "referenced files go offline after restore from a backup" it said to go to "File>manage referenced files" but nothing else. How can I recover my master images? Please help - I have nearly 6000 images that are lost without recovering the master images. And no, I was ultra stupid in not placing everything in a vault = but I'm relatively new to Mac OS and thought a backup would be sufficient. Thank!

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