Anyone know if drive will boot from a carbon copy cloned backup? iMac 5K
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yes .... yes, the unit will start from a backup copy cloned and also of any partition
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If the boot partition is on that drive, then yes. You can see by shutting down you iMac, then hod the option key down when you tun it back on. If it shows up, you can use it. You will need to use your arrow keys to select the drive. Mouse does not work.
2106055
Of course it is. Simply reformat it with Disk Utility after installation. Just make sure your Mac can use a 2.5" drive.
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What he's asking for is to hook up the drive and look at the device list where it will list out the model of the drive inside the enclosure. On a Mac, check Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More Info... -> System report -> Storage -> look under "Physical Drive". On Windows, probably in the Device Manager somewhere.
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I agree with P. Brockhaus. SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner are great ways to make bootable clones of your existing Mac disk to a SSD. You don't really need to do a 'clean install' but you can if you want. I've installed SSDs in three Mac Minis and a MacBook Pro w/o doing a 'clean install' with no issues at all. Carbon Copy Cloner will also create and install the hidden Recovery partition onto your new SSD. SuperDuper will not. However, if you make regular bootable backups (which you should!), the Recovery partition becomes less important. If you're the type who never backs up, I would recommend using Carbon Copy Cloner for your new SSD installation as this will also put the Recovery partition on your SSD.... but your Recovery partition is not a substitute for regular backups! Regardless of how you install your new SSD, it is important to backup regularly. I find user interface on SuperDuper to be more intuitive and friendlier, but of course that's a judgement call and personal preference. The free version of SuperDuper does the 'basics' but the paid-for version unlocks some very useful features for scheduling and automating unattended bootable backups. It's reasonably priced and worth the money IMHO. Good luck!
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The drive has a specific cable connection to the MacBook. It will not fit a PATA/IDE connector. I don't know the connections on the iMac, but I doubt it would connect.
1970200
pretty sure the answer is yes. the mimiting factor isn't necessarily the hardware, but snow leopard. Instructions for boot from a thumb drive are here:http://www.maketecheasier.com/create-mac-snow-leopard-usb-installer-disk/the HD should also work.
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Can't help with any specific advice as I am using my drive with a Mac, but I can't see why there would be a problem. If you received a drive pre-formatted for a Macintosh, then doubtless, you need to use a Windows program to reformat it. Good Luck!
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The drive works well on my system, an iMac running OS 10.9 (Mountain Lion). I did a quick online search and found users reporting no problems using OS 10.5 (Leopard) and several versions in between. Check your OS and search for the drive and your specific OS
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I cannot answer that question, I use my G Drive as a backup only for my MAC. Sorry.
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You *should* be able to provided you set it up that way. Format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and, partition is with the GUID Partition Scheme. After that, use CarbonCopyCloner or your other favorite copy SW to clone your entire system to the external drive. You can boot by either choosing the external drive in System Preferences &gt; Startup Disk or simply hit the Option key during boot up as that will show you the bootable disks available - choose the external drive. It may be possible to do a clean install onto the Thunderbolt drive by choosing it during a fresh system install but you'd need to have Mavericks or Mountain Lion on a Thumb drive or something and as you install, choose the Thunderbolt drive as your destination drive during install (bypass the internal Mac drive completely).
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Yes. You will need an enclosure, then connect via usb or thunderbolt, then format the drive Mac OS extended journaled or as need.
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No it won't and cloning the drive is not a good idea. You'll want to install windows directly onto the ssd and use the hdd as a backup
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U can use a cloning software... I use Acronis backup... or if u r doing a clean install u will need ur original disks and take out ur old drive and put that one in and run the install of ur OS
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I'm sorry. I don't know. I had a drive cloned *for* me. I suggest you contact Seagate. They're awesome.
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It depends on the source drive. Some Dynamically Partitioned drives, such as the ones in a lot of new HPs won't clone properly.
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sorry for the long delay getting back to you. In my case, actually my son's iMac, it was much less than compatible. The performance with DISK UTILITY backup was very poor (15 times worse than expected) and it was not recognizable as a boot device. So, I can't provide a positive endorsement for the Seagate and iMac.
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Synology supports Time Machine, and you could perform a complete restore using the Recovery HD or USB (Carbon Copy Cloner has a sweet tool that does this), or Install CD. I have never had the need, nor taken the time, to test this. I use Time Machine at work, to a DS713+, for 3 MBP's, an iMac, and a Mini. I personally use Carbon Copy Clone for controlled cloning/restores (cloning direct to HD, and restores from my 411Slim). I use Acronis True Image Home (ATIH) for Windows 7 & 8 to the 411Slim, and have performed a complete restore from the 411Slim, and the ATIH recovery CD, on Windows 7. I also use EASEUS ToDo to a DS213 (I have never had the need to do a full restore, but have a ToDo recovery CD created). I have tested Genie 9 Timeline 2012, which is sort of like Time Machine. It has options for complete disk or data backups, but I only tested the data with versioning. Synology has a tool named Data Replicator that I still need to test.