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a quick hard drive question
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Lujas513
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Jul 3, 2007, 01:40 PM
 
if i upgrate my hard drive to 100 GB will i loose all my data that i have now on my 40 GB HD let me know i am confused
     
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Jul 3, 2007, 01:43 PM
 
It depends how you do it.
What computer do you have? You most likely want to take your old drive out, put it in an enclosure (firewire) and then put in a new one. Reinstall OSX, then use migration assistant to bring your apps and prefs from the old drive.
     
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Jul 5, 2007, 10:27 PM
 
i have an ibook g4
     
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Jul 5, 2007, 10:30 PM
 
Instructions for doing the job yourself.
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Post if you have more questions....
     
   
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