[X-HW] Transferring OS X to a new hard drive

[Thomas Noel]

SuperDuper from (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/) will make an exact  
duplicate of the internal small drive contents to the larger external  
drive and make it boot-able. Then you can switch the two. The iMac  
you have can probably use up to a drive of 128 GB.


On Jan 31, 2007, at 6:46 PM, techlists at comcast.net wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently inherited an iMac running OS X (one of those one piece,  
> round back, blue iMacs). The current hard drive is rather small,  
> around 10 gigs, slow (I'm guessing 5400 rpm), and making clicking  
> noises (so it might be getting ready to fizzle out on me soon).
>
> I have a 20 gig, 7200 rpm drive that I'd like to stick in it, but  
> don't have install CDs to re-install the OS. I have a USB external  
> enclosure that I could stick the 20 gig drive in and plug the drive  
> into the iMacs USB port. Is there a way to transfer the contents of  
> the existing drive to the 20 gig drive, swap the drives, and have  
> the new drive be bootable?
>
> On another related note, is there any limitations on drive size  
> that can go into this system? i.e. could I stick in a 30 or 40 gig  
> drive if I had one available?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul Greene