[PhotoBug]

ok i was thinking about buying a MBP with the cheapest HD inside and then putting in a bigger faster one later, how do you switch all the files over to the new drive from the old one?

[mduell]

SuperDuper, CarbonCopyCloner, dd (if you're unix savvy), etc.

[PhotoBug]

how does it work? I'm not sure i understood the site's explanation. You just copy everything to a back up... but then when you install the new drive how do you even run your computer? (i have never done this Obviously.)

[Waragainstsleep]

Ideally you would install the old drive in a firewire enclosure, install a clean OS from your restore discs onto the new internal drive, then use the migration assistant with the external firewire drive as your 'old mac'. It should work over USB on an MBP too.

[PhotoBug]

hmmm i see....i think