New Hard Drive for my Macbook Pro
Hi guys,
I will change my Hard Drive soon and thinking of the whole process triggered some questions in me . (my HD is fine but full, 120Gb)
I went through the forum and already I got some precious informations such as how to remove and replace the HD or how to backup my existing HD. Thanks.
1. Could you confirm that I can recover all my datas from a time-machine procedure (I just bought a Lacie 1T for this very purpose) or would you say it is better to clone it as it is said in many of previous posts. ( http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12189483� )
2. I just realise that I don't seem to have Time Machine (oops) as my mac runs on Tiger. Can I download it for free from somewhere?
3. I am unsure what to buy but find this one: Toshiba 750Go SATA 2,5" 5400tr/min 8Mo interne (9,5mm) MK7559GSXP for about £100. Do you have any recommendations?
4. I would like to know if cloning my hard drive (or using time machine) onto my external Lacie will save all my settings such as "my albums" in iphotos or "my bookmarks" in Firefox or Safari?
Many thanks
Boris
By the way, what if I'd like to upgrade to SnowLeopard after changing my HD, will my albums on iphoto be saved and restore to the "new" iphoto SnowLeopard?
Cheers.
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
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