New Hard Drive, OS X Disc Help!!
Hi,
Me and my mum's partner have both got MacBook's. This week i am going to get a new hard drive as 60GB is way too small.
I do not have my OS X disc's with me as i am here on holiday and they are at my other house, would it be possible to use his OS X disc's when installing my new hard drive?
Or would another option be to remove his hard drive, put my new one in his and setup the hard drive via his MacBook and then swap it into mine?
Thanks,
Andrew.
If the two Macs are exactly the same model, you can do it. Otherwise, it probably won't work (the Installer won't allow it). You could try...
If you had a way to mount the internal drive externally, you could use Disk Utility to "restore" from the old drive to the new drive. That would be the ideal way to do it, because you'd get everything exactly like it was before. You can use an external case or a device like this.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NVSPATARH/
Or would another option be to remove his hard drive, put my new one in his and setup the hard drive via his MacBook and then swap it into mine?
It seems rather extreme to take apart two MacBooks, but I think it would work. Won't you void the warranty (if still in effect).
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