[G4] Migrating to G5

[Valerie Maples]

The only way I have done that is with Ghost on a newly formatted drive.  A
fresh install, though time consuming, is always best, in my experience.

Valerie


On 12/9/04 6:22 PM, "Eric Volker" <ebv1 at charter.net> wrote:

> Thanks to both of you for the quick responses. That's an amazing
> feature. My only other question is, can it import applications? For
> copyright reasons, I'd expect not but I'd still like to avoid
> reinstalling 10 or so applications on the new system. If it can't, could
> I do what I was proposing earlier and just clone my G4's drive?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric
> 
> John Wilson wrote:
> 
>> You can actually use just a FireWire drive if you were using it as a backup
>> from your previous Mac. I sold my G4 MDD, bought a new G5 and attached my
>> backup FireWire drive (which was a CCC'ed copy of my previous G4 Mac). When
>> asked if I had another Mac to import data from, the FW drive was available
>> and the program transferred all my data and settings. Took about 15 minutes.
>> Yay! John
>> 
>> 
>> On Thursday, December 09, 2004, at 04:08PM, Wayne Wilkin <macsys at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> One of the greatest features of the new G5's during the initial startup
>>> process of a new computer you can hitch up your old computer via
>>> firewire and your new g5 will ask you if you want to import or create
>>> user accounts from a old system. It's part of the initial startup
>>> process of the new computers during the registration process.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 9, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> I've gone ahead and taken the plunge and ordered a G5. My dilemma is
>>>> how to transfer my data and settings to the new computer. One scenario
>>>> I've contemplated is taking the boot drive out of my G4, putting it in
>>>> a Firewire enclosure, booting off the drive on the G5 and using Carbon
>>>> Copy Cloner to overwrite the G5's boot drive. Is this scenario
>>>> feasible? The OS on the G4 is a retail install of OS 10.3.6, so
>>>> theoretically the G4 drive should boot the G5 (right?) I do have some
>>>> non-Apple hardware installed on the G4 (M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and
>>>> Sonnet Aria Extreme), so that might complicate the issue. Any insights
>>>> or suggestions would be welcome.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Eric
>>>> 
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