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Q: Startup Disk Parameters in Time Machine Backups

Hi everyone.

 

I have a quick question about Time Machine and startup disks.  To give a bit of background information, I removed the internal hard drive from my MacBook Pro (13", late 2011 model) thinking that it had failed, but as it turns out, I've verified with a SATA to USB adapter that the drive is actually ok.  I'm thinking that the issue might be with the internal SATA connection and I've ordered a new SATA cable, but in the meantime I have the hard drive connected externally to my MBP using the SATA to USB adapter.  I've been able to start up my MBP from the externally-connected drive just fine.  Granted, it's running a little slower on the USB connection, but it's working nonetheless. 

 

Since my previous Time Machine backup to an external USB hard drive was a couple of weeks old, I'm currently creating a new backup, which leads to my question.  Assuming that the new SATA cable corrects my internal hard drive issue, my plan is to install a new SSD drive in my MBP.  Once I get the new drive installed and formatted, I'd like to use my Time Machine backup to restore the new SSD drive.  Since the startup disk configuration is a little different at the moment (the startup drive is currently connected externally instead of internally), would there be any issues with restoring the backup I'm creating now to a new, internal disk?  In other words, is startup disk configuration a parameter stored in a Time Machine backup, and would there be any issues with restoring a backup created from an external startup disk to an internal disk?

 

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 17, 2016 6:51 PM

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