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My current Configuration is a Macbook Pro 15" early 2008 with a 100gb HDD and I'd like to replace this with a Solid State Drive.
The tricky part is that I have an OS X partition and a Windows 7 parition set up, for BootCamp. Ideally, I'd like to clone the drive over, with the extra space (the SSD will have a greater capacity) allocated to the OS X Partition.
Is it as simple as cloning the old drive to the new drive, or are there complications because of BootCamp?
Thanks.
Instead of creating a clone of the OS X partition, then, could I just install the new Drive, use my OS X Disk to format and restore a backup using Time Machine, then go to step 5? – xdumaine – 2010-11-12T14:16:28.297
@roviuser You can definitely do it that way. The key is to first get the OS X install working, then restore Boot Camp. – fideli – 2010-11-12T19:59:47.967
I went with a 500gb Seagate Momentus XT HDD/SSD Hybrid drive. It is installed, and I'm currently working on the restore/partitioning. I'll update with results. – xdumaine – 2010-12-03T13:26:14.530
Did a fresh install of Snow leopard, then recovered from Time Machine backup. Just used winclone to restore the windows partition. Currently in Disk Check prior to booting the windows partition. – xdumaine – 2010-12-03T18:05:57.063
Success! I now have a 400 Gb Snow Leopard Partition and 100 Gb Windows Partition up and running with restored data! Thanks again! I'd upvote you more if I could! – xdumaine – 2010-12-03T19:02:17.010