jenodorf

Q: Clone hard drive

Hi

 

no doubt a simple question but...

 

I'm thinking of changing my 500gb drive for a 1TB

What is the best way to do this??

 

I have an external 1tb that I use at the moment  for time capsule but is there and image/clone program similar to ghost to cut an emergency restore image??

 

thanks

 

Ian

Posted on May 18, 2013 11:19 AM

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  • by LowLuster,Helpful

    LowLuster LowLuster May 18, 2013 11:20 AM in response to jenodorf
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    May 18, 2013 11:20 AM in response to jenodorf

    Carbon copy cloner or superduper.

  • by jenodorf,

    jenodorf jenodorf May 19, 2013 1:22 PM in response to LowLuster
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    May 19, 2013 1:22 PM in response to LowLuster

    Thanks a lot for the assist

     

    Ian

  • by LowLuster,

    LowLuster LowLuster May 19, 2013 1:54 PM in response to jenodorf
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    May 19, 2013 1:54 PM in response to jenodorf

    You are very welcome.

  • by ds store,

    ds store ds store May 19, 2013 2:47 PM in response to jenodorf
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  • by Johnathan Burger,

    Johnathan Burger Johnathan Burger May 19, 2013 3:26 PM in response to jenodorf
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    May 19, 2013 3:26 PM in response to jenodorf

    Simplest way is get the new drive and connect it to the mac.

    Run carbon copy cloner, making a bootable backup.

    Remove old drive, install new one and boot up and begin using your mac.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 19, 2013 4:21 PM in response to jenodorf
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    May 19, 2013 4:21 PM in response to jenodorf

    There is nothing wrong using Disk Utility>Restore to create a boot clone drive that can then be swapped into a MBP.

     

    Ciao.

  • by jenodorf,

    jenodorf jenodorf May 20, 2013 8:33 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    May 20, 2013 8:33 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Hi

     

    sorry if I'm being dense but if this was a pc I'd have no problem but

     

    I assume that my Macbook pro has a recovery partition but when I bought the unit it had Lion installed.

     

    It now has mountain lion (installed via itunes) so do I need the recovery partiton as I assume it still has lion on its ?

     

    Second

     

    The Mcbook only takes one hard drive so I assume I connect up my USB hard drive and install carbon copy and then cut an image to the external hard drive?

     

    If so how do I boot the macbook so as to re install the image?  or does carbon copy boot from the usb drive allowing an image restore to the new hard drive?

     

    I have to say I've decided to go all Mac but this part is quite confusing to me

     

    thanks

     

    Ian

  • by ds store,

    ds store ds store May 20, 2013 8:41 AM in response to jenodorf
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    May 20, 2013 8:41 AM in response to jenodorf

    Carbon Copy Cloner copies the Recovery HD partition for you, also to boot from the clone drive or any other compatible OS X boot drive, hold the option/alt key down while booting the machine for Startup Manager.

     

    To set the new drive to boot from, System Preferences > Startup Disk

     

    All cloned OS X boot drives must be first formatted GUID and OS X extended J in Disk Utility, formatting a drive or cloning will erase all data on the drive.

     

    Change CCC preferences later to maintian a pure clone, or it saves the changes when you update the clone.

     

    Most commonly used backup methods

     

     

    There is nothing wrong using Disk Utility>Restore to create a boot clone drive that can then be swapped into a MBP.

     

    According to Kappy it doesn't do both Macintosh HD and Recovery HD partitions at the same time, then it's a whole slow  "one trick pony" thus can't be updated or shedualed to update much faster like CCC can.

     

    Since only CCC copies the Recovery HD, (Superdupes doesn't) then it's really the optimal choice for cloning.

  • by OGELTHORPE,Helpful

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 20, 2013 8:45 AM in response to jenodorf
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    May 20, 2013 8:45 AM in response to jenodorf

    Mt. Lion has a recovery partition as well as Lion.  Thus if you are on 8.3, there will be a recovery partition on your internal HDD.

     

    Do essentially what Johnathan Burger recommends.  Attach your new HDD to your MBP and open Carbon Copy Cloner (or use Disk Utility>Restore) select the 'Source' (your internal HDD) and 'Destination' (the new external HDD) and click on the 'Clone' button(or Restore button).  The cloning process may take a couple of hours, depending upon how much data has to be copied.

     

    When the clone has been completed, start your MBP holding the OPTION key.  You should see icons for both the internal HDD and the newly cloned external HDD.  Click on the new HDD icon and if the system boots, you will know that the new drive is functional.  Then do the physical swap of the two drives.  That completes the installation process.

     

    Ciao.

  • by jenodorf,

    jenodorf jenodorf May 20, 2013 9:37 AM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    May 20, 2013 9:37 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

    Hi

     

    really appreciate the help think I've grasped the essentials - I need to obtain an external sata box to connect to my USB port to clone to.

     

    I assume the MBP will boot from a usb external; box ok?

     

    As I'm fitting a bigger hard drive will the image fill the drive ie expand or do I have to do something else

     

    thany thanks

     

    Ian

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 20, 2013 9:42 AM in response to jenodorf
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    May 20, 2013 9:42 AM in response to jenodorf

    Yes, you will need an external enclosure. 

     

    If the clone is done correctly, you should indeed be able to boot your MBP from the external HDD.

     

    There should be no significant change in the space taken up by the data.

     

    Ciao.

  • by keybis,

    keybis keybis Aug 3, 2013 7:07 PM in response to Johnathan Burger
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    Aug 3, 2013 7:07 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

    I created a clone using CCC and it boots fine as long as I leave the drive externally connected. As soon as I install internally, I cannot boot. HELP!!!

  • by Fred1956,

    Fred1956 Fred1956 Aug 4, 2013 12:21 PM in response to keybis
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    Aug 4, 2013 12:21 PM in response to keybis
  • by peppermint,

    peppermint peppermint Nov 4, 2013 3:17 PM in response to jenodorf
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    Nov 4, 2013 3:17 PM in response to jenodorf

    may i add my problem here please?

    i think there is no way for fully cloning my brand new imac SSD 250GB including restore partition (with carbon copy cloner) to an external USB3.0 HD, if the imac will be shipped back (as the screen is not homogenous) and then, if the replacement imac would arrive, copy the cloned image back to the imac, as i dont have a thunderbold mac in the moment, which could access the imac through target mode?

    so i need target mode to clone the image back, right?

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