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adding new HDD to macbook via time machine...

mtsmts Dr. Robot KingRegistered User regular
edited January 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
is it better to restore or migrate?

most of the tutorials i have seen say to just put the new HDD in with the OS disk ini the drive with teh time machine external plugged in. then do a system restore

versus.

installing snow leopard on new drive then migrating everything over through time machine.

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  • WezoinWezoin Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I don't see the real difference - I think they would both get the same result and neither would necessarily be "better"

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I agree that they are both very similar. During the OSX install it will ask you if you'd like to restore from a time machine backup. I'd hit "yes".

    Unless what you're after is that "new pc feel" and you want to start with fresh settings, but just have access to all your old files... But that doesn't seem to be what you're saying.

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    nope. i have some settings and such that i changed. it didn't seem like there was really a difference

    just wanted to see if anyone actually knew of differences

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