FAQ available on upgrading to a larger internal HD?

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FAQ available on upgrading to a larger internal HD?

I'm getting ready to purchase a larger internal HD, to replace my nearly full 160 GB drive. I found a great tutorial at ifixit about how to remove the original HD.

Can it be this simple (?) --

get a new internal HD and enclosure (I'm looking at OWC for that), and then mount this new disk.
will I need to address it with Disk Utilities?
use SuperDuper to clone my original HD to my new one
shut down, and replace the drives?

Any steps I've missed?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 4, iPod, Nikon D50, Parallels 5.0/WinXP

Posted on Sep 18, 2010 11:54 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 18, 2010 12:03 PM in response to Dr. Livingstone

Yes the procedure is super simple..Undo a few screws ,Swap the drive slide in the new disc you just cloned and off you go .. 😀

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Answer 2

tjk

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Sep 18, 2010 1:47 PM in response to Dr. Livingstone

Dr. Livingstone wrote:
will I need to address it with Disk Utilities?

Hi D,

Yes, you first need to partition it as GUID. I also like to zero the HD.

use SuperDuper to clone my original HD to my new one
shut down, and replace the drives?

I would boot from the external first, just to make sure it's a clean clone-job.

Any steps I've missed?

Just those I've added. Really, it isn't too difficult.

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