Installing new HDD >> copy vs clone

[Cassady]

Hello all,

Picked up a 1TB internal HDD – and want to now swap out my stock 500gb HD.

By way of background, my OS sits on the SSD.
Quite a bit of my files (450GB), including my Itunes backup library (apps) AND Music, and my Photos & iMovie libraries, currently sit on the HDD.
Simple dual drive setup – no hybrid or anything complex.

So this isn't a copy/clone of the OS – 'mere' data.

This morning, upon receiving the new HDD, I fired up Disk Utility, and formatted it – all worked, and appears to be A-OK.

I then started Carbon Copy Cloner – and since then, the fun began. Either the disk randomly disconnects – or, more worryingly – I'm getting some kernel panics. 4 today, already.

For a variety of reasons, the KPs appear to be linked to the cloning.

My question: If this continues to the point where I lose my patience, given what I have on the existing HDD, is there any good reason why I couldn't simply look to manually copy the bulk of my data over to the new HDD?

Apart from the Photos and iMovie libraries, which I'd need to be a bit more careful with, could I not simply copy the rest? Doing it bit by bit would annoy me slightly less than the current state of affairs...

 

[Mr.Jax]

Yes, you can simply copy everything. If you're going to use Windows Explorer to copy/paste, just make sure that "show hidden files" are turned on.

Here for more help on that: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-za/windows/show-hidden-files

You might run into trouble if any apps have any files open and "locked" on that drive. Close as many apps as you can before you start copying.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Have you tried Disk Utility for cloning? Boot to Recovery (Command + R) or from an installation disk, select Disk Utility, click on the Restore tab, drag your old DRIVE (not partition) from the list on the left to the Source field on the right and the new drive (again, not partition) from the list on the left to the Destination field on the right.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Yes, you can simply copy everything. If you're going to use Windows Explorer to copy/paste, just make sure that "show hidden files" are turned on.

Here for more help on that: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-za/windows/show-hidden-files

You might run into trouble if any apps have any files open and "locked" on that drive. Close as many apps as you can before you start copying.

iMovie

Disk Utility

Carbon Copy Cloner

kernel panics

KPs [kernel panics]

iMovie

That doesn't sound very Windowsy to me

 

[Cassady]

Have you tried Disk Utility for cloning? Boot to Recovery (Command + R) or from an installation disk, select Disk Utility, click on the Restore tab, drag your old DRIVE (not partition) from the list on the left to the Source field on the right and the new drive (again, not partition) from the list on the left to the Destination field on the right.

Nope. But trying it now. Just had another crash – so I'm going to leave CCC alone for a bit, and give Disk Utility a go. Hopefully that does the trick. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Mr.Jax]

That doesn't sound very Windowsy to me

O lol, yeah!

I wasn't paying attention

 

[Cassady]

Have you tried Disk Utility for cloning? Boot to Recovery (Command + R) or from an installation disk, select Disk Utility, click on the Restore tab, drag your old DRIVE (not partition) from the list on the left to the Source field on the right and the new drive (again, not partition) from the list on the left to the Destination field on the right.

Happy to report that this did the trick. Thanks again!

HDD installed this evening, and all working as it should. Now to buy bigger backup disks...

 

[Progenix Oj101]

I'm glad I could help

 

[PostmanPot]

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