[geeks] Q: Replacing HD in Powerbook Ti

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 02:25:01PM +0000, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've got a nice, 80 Gig 9.5 mm 2.5" IDE notebook drive with an 8 meg cache
> that I want to insert into my Powerbook Ti:
> 
>  - pointers on manual procedure?
> 
>  - pointers to repair shops that will replace drive/migrate data?

Is there Ghost for Macs?

>  - copy entire 30 Gig HD to external drive
> 
>  - open PB, remove HD, install new HD
> 
>  - build new O/S install on new drive
> 
>  - copy previous backup on to new drive

Could you not:
  - copy internal disk to external disk
  - install new disk
  - boot from external disk
  - initianlize new internal disk and copy external disk to internal
    disk?

Or will a TiBook not boot from a FireWire external disk?


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