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    Switch SATA HDD to SSD

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by annihil8tion, May 13, 2010.

  1. annihil8tion

    annihil8tion Newbie

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    Guys I want to move my entire system to a Solid State drive.

    I have done time machine backups to an external USB HDD.

    Can i boot Snow, run disk utility, and restore a time machine backup from the old HDD to a the newly formatted SSD and be cool?
     
    annihil8tion, May 13, 2010
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  2. RogueMonk

    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    Yes. It should work just fine.

    Alternately (and likely faster), you could use SuperDuper! to clone the drive.

    Just google both options and there are lots of tutorials.
     
    RogueMonk, May 13, 2010
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  3. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    I wouldnt advise cloning if you are switching to an SSD. A clean install will promise you ideal results the first time. Some have experienced performance problems in cloning.....
     
    Les, May 13, 2010
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  4. DanteDrac

    DanteDrac Notebook Consultant

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    I agree with Les, for what ever reason cloning with SuperDuper caused major issues going from the HDD to 128GB SSD. Do a clean install and migrate the data over using the built in Apple tool.
     
    DanteDrac, May 14, 2010
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