How will upgrading Mac Book Pro internal hdd affect Time Machine backups?
I have an OWC hdd upgrade kit for my late 2008 MPB. Was going to put the new drive in an enclosure, clone my old drive to it using CCC, and then take out the old drive from the computer replacing it with the new one. I also have an external drive that I've been using for time machine back ups ( my back ups go back several years).
I'm worried about what will happen to the external time machine drive. Will I still have access to all those years of back ups? Will the drive simply see my new internal hdd as a "continuation" of the backing up process, or will I run into some problems (unless I take some preemptive steps)? My research has led to recommendations involving the Terminal, but I'm not tech savy and can't be sure of that kind of workaround.
I guess my question is really just "what will happen with all those years of time machine backups"?
MacBook Pro (Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.8)