That's pretty much what I always do, and I always use SuperDuper for step two:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html Works great. - Ian On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote: > We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8 Server as our office mail > server, and I need to replace the old internal 1 TB HDD with a new 250GB SDD. > The internal HDD has two 500GB partitions, but only the 1st partition is > used, and only 70 GB at that. > > Does this plan sound reasonable: > > 1. Place the SDD in an external drive enclosure and format it as Mac OS > Extended Journaled. > 2. Make an image(?) copy of the HDD drive's 1st partition onto the SDD (how?) > 3. Physically swap out the HDD with the SDD. > 4. Boot up and run. > > Any recommendations on how to accomplish step 2? > Thx > > [1] Macmini4,1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
