Q: How do I re-image a hard drive?
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Apr 28, 2016 5:38 PMby KimUserName,Hi Morbific:
I upgraded my Early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro using a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD and I have seen a dramatic speed increase.
OWC is a good place to go for upgrading your Macbook Pro.
OWC SSD's: OWC SSD's
Once you decide on an SSD, I suggest that you install it in an enclosure OWC external case or using a USB to SATA adapter USB to SATA adapter and connect it to your MBP via USB.
Open Disk Utility>Erase and format the SSD to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and a GUID partition.
Then use a third party application such as Carbon Copy Cloner Carbon Copy Cloner (Not free, but worth the price) or Super Duper to copy all data from the internal HDD as well as the recovery partition.
The clone will be a exact copy of your hard drive and it will be bootable.
Boot the MBP with the OPTION key (Startup Manager) and select the new SSD. How to choose a startup disk on your Mac
If it boots the MBP, perform the physical swap of drives.
Hope this helps,
Kim
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Apr 29, 2016 2:01 PMby Morbific,The model / year would be helpful.
It's a June 2012 MacBook Pro 13".
Then use a third party application such as Carbon Copy Cloner Carbon Copy Cloner (Not free, but worth the price) or Super Duper to copy all data from the internal HDD as well as the recovery partition.
I don't want to do this route - the existing drive is a toaster. Need a method that doesn't assume a working good drive already.
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Apr 29, 2016 1:59 PMby Morbific,ManSinha wrote:
Thanks. So ... I use this to create an installer on a USB drive, and then that will allow me to boot and set up a new drive?
I'm not clear from the article how post using this the thing would set up the e.g. Recovery partitions on the new drive etc. Is that automatic when it sees a fresh drive?
