From jsjones at mac.com Thu Feb 1 00:06:53 2007 From: jsjones at mac.com (James S Jones) Date: Thu Feb 1 00:07:02 2007 Subject: [X-HW] Transferring OS X to a new hard drive In-Reply-To: <45C17034.80208@comcast.net> References: <020120070246.7259.45C15487000309A900001C5B22007510909C9B9C0704080C0A9B@comcast.net> <390B32A8-AD3D-4938-9062-15FE4C363441@painless.org> <45C17034.80208@comcast.net> Message-ID: <529A2437-BA41-4452-950B-F7611C056A7D@mac.com> Carbon Copy Cloner may also work for you--and it's donation ware. Three things to consider: - CRT iMacs do not have USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, so your transfer speeds will be slow. - Opening up a CRT iMac and replacing a drive is a chore. You will want to get the Apple service PDF before you try it. - Before cloning the drive, I'd suggest you repair permissions, do any pending system updates, and repair permissions again. - You can find the system version in "About This Mac" in the Apple menu. 10.4 versions are "Tiger"; 10.3 is "Panther". On Jan 31, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Paul Greene wrote: > I don't need to boot from the external drive. If I can transfer the > image over to the external drive, swap the drives, and the new > drive will be bootable, I'll be good to go. > > Btw, in Finder | Help, it refers to "Tiger" and not "Panther". > Tiger is a newer version than Panther, right? > > Paul