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+ | = Upgrading Your Mac's Internal Hard Drive, Including Boot Camp = | ||
+ | This details how to upgrade your Mac's internal hard drive to a newer, larger drive. Instructions are also included for moving your [[http:// | ||
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+ | What you'll need: | ||
+ | * **A new drive**, which must be the same size or larger than your old drive. The exact drive you pick depends on your machine (laptop vs. desktop, etc.) and your needs. Browse through [[http:// | ||
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+ | * **An external USB enclosure** if you're using a laptop, an iMac, a Mac mini, or any other machine that only supports one internal drive. You'll need to connect both the old and new drives simultaneously in order to perform the cloning operation. My favorite for doing drive surgery is the [[http:// | ||
+ | * **The tools necessary for physically replacing the drive.** This guide covers the software side; be sure to [[http:// | ||
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+ | == Cloning the Mac OS X Disk == | ||
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+ | The first step is to clone your MacOS disk to the new, larger disk. | ||
+ | - **Back everything up. This goes without saying, but you should have all of your files backed up to a third disk, which you will put aside and not touch during this process.** I use [[http:// | ||
+ | - Plug the new disk into your Mac. If you have a Mac Pro, you'll likely be able to connect it to one of the internal bays. If not, you'll have to get a USB enclosure, put the disk in that, and connect it up. | ||
+ | - Open Disk Utility, and locate the new drive. Partition it with a single partition, using MacOS Extended (Journaled). **NOTE:** Even if you're also migrating a Boot Camp partition, you want to partition with a single MacOS partition now. Later, you'll use the Boot Camp tools to carve off part of this new partition for Windows, and then restore your existing Boot Camp partition using WinClone. | ||
+ | - Reboot your machine. Technically this probably isn't necessary, but I like to have an absolute minimum of other applications running when I'm cloning my disk. //You should not use your machine during the cloning process.// | ||
+ | - Open Carbon Copy Cloner, and perform a full disk clone (the ' | ||
+ | - If you also want to migrate your Windows Boot Camp partition, create an image of that partition once Carbon Copy Cloner has finished. Open WinClone, click on the ' | ||
+ | - Turn off your machine and swap the new disk for the old disk. Doing the physical swap usually isn't too hard, but the details depend on what Mac you have. Once again, [[http:// | ||
+ | - That's it! Once the disk is swapped and the old disk is removed, boot up onto your fresh disk! | ||
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+ | == Cloning the Boot Camp Partition == | ||
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+ | The following steps are optional, and only needed if you want to clone your [[http:// | ||
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+ | - By now, you should have installed and booted from your new disk, and have an image of your Windows Boot Camp partition on your new hard drive, created with WinClone. Your old disk should no longer be connected to your machine. If not, go back through and follow the steps above. | ||
+ | - Partition your new disk using the Boot Camp Assistant. Make sure your new Boot Camp partition is at least as big as your old partition. When you're done partitioning, | ||
+ | - Load up WinClone again, and click ' | ||
+ | - Once this is done, you should be able to use the Startup Disk control panel to boot into either Windows or Mac OS X. Try it and make sure both work. | ||
+ | - If you're also using [[http:// | ||
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+ | That's it! Feel free to add suggestions to the comments, and enjoy your new drive. |