Macbook pro hard drive

[GreGorGy]

Tried it via USB and the transfer was 2 seconds quicker with the Zip file

However the big stumbling block is the decompression, which if you think about it is a totally pointless step because of what's happening.

Did we just move into a space called "PLAUSIBLE"?

 

[bwana]

Did we just move into a space called "PLAUSIBLE"?

Not when you add in the compression and decompression times.

These apps are all various kinds of packages and sparse bundles. If you copy Pages (AppStore ver) from one drive to another, it takes forever as it copies what seems to be each and every file. I have found that if you zip it , copy the zip across and then unzip it goes faster and doesn't appear as this collection of files. But that being said, I recommend you find [-]Lion[/-] Disk Maker and use that to create a Yosemite install USB - it will make your life easier, no matter what.

You're using the computer to unzip the file across the USB connection to the USB drive, right? Thereby duplicating the transfer?

 

[GreGorGy]

Hmmm - I wonder if I am remembering an experience incorrectly.

For Numbers: Copy direct = 1'35".81 Zip (1'11".90) then copy = 1'35".66, of course excluding decompression. Maybe my memory was formed by a non-HFS drive after all.

 

[GreGorGy]

Not when you add in the compression and decompression times. You're using the computer to unzip the file across the USB connection to the USB drive, right? Thereby duplicating the transfer?

Nope - my process (the one I seem to poorly recall) was when I installed Mavericks. I had P/K/N on Mountain Lion. When I change OS, I keep the old one on a drive as installed and do a fresh install on a new drive. When I did this, I would have copied it from the external that had ML on it to my newly installed mavericks.

 

[bwana]

Well I think if you're going to copy the same file 80+ times, via USB 2, and never unzip it then it's a great idea!

 

[Grant]

wow - quite the derail !

aaaanyway
back to the subject at hand . . .

 

[bwana]

wow - quite the derail !

aaaanyway
back to the subject at hand . . .

Derail? IIRC you were the one suggesting that he copy the installer to the damaged drive? We were merely looking at some options while we waited.

 

[Grant]

Derail? IIRC you were the one suggesting that he copy the installer to the damaged drive? We were merely looking at some options while we waited.

steady there.
the reason i suggested trying that option, was at that point it was not certain if the drive was faulty or not.
i found it odd that the drive was faulty at the time as the install completed - it was just on booting that the drive froze at 20% progress.
my thinking at the time was if the drive was faulty, there should have been a problem during the install process - from the outset.

 

[daveza]

All done .

Replaced faulty drive with SSHD Seagate.

Plugged Seagate into Mac Air - ran Yosemite install from Mac Air and told it to install to external drive.

20 minutes later connected drive to Macbook Pro, booted up and voila.

Easiest install I have done.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and assistance.

 

[sajunky]

Well, 5 pages and... finally...
No, I am glad is working.

 

[daveza]

Well, 5 pages and... finally...
No, I am glad is working.

If I had confirmation the drive was stuffed we could have ended somewhere on page 2.

 

[SauRoNZA]

All done .

Replaced faulty drive with SSHD Seagate.

Plugged Seagate into Mac Air - ran Yosemite install from Mac Air and told it to install to external drive.

20 minutes later connected drive to Macbook Pro, booted up and voila.

Easiest install I have done.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and assistance.

Beats the **** out of Windows.

Especially when you consider the migration tool that actually works.

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

All done .

Replaced faulty drive with SSHD Seagate.

Plugged Seagate into Mac Air - ran Yosemite install from Mac Air and told it to install to external drive.

20 minutes later connected drive to Macbook Pro, booted up and voila.

Easiest install I have done.

Once again thanks to all for the advice and assistance.

Why did you not install the SSHD directly into the Macbook Pro or am I missing something completely? Surely installing off a Yosemite USB stick onto the drive installed onto the MacBook Pro would have been faster than installing via USB? After installing it via the Air, you would have to install it into the Pro anyhow, or what did I not get?

 

[daveza]

After installing it via the Air, you would have to install it into the Pro anyhow, or what did I not get?

I downloaded Yosemite to my Mac, attached the Macbook Pro new drive via usb - to my Mac.

Then installed Yosemite to the new drive.

All that was left was to plug the new drive back into the Macbook Pro and boot up.

 

[sajunky]

If I had confirmation the drive was stuffed we could have ended somewhere on page 2.

If I knew that hard drive behaviour was the same on MAC, I would tell you that, but you guys always tell me that once it is on MAC, it is better than mine (poor Windoze)...

 

[bwana]

If I knew that hard drive behaviour was the same on MAC, I would tell you that, but you guys always tell me that once it is on MAC, it is better than mine (poor Windoze)...

You believed Macs were immune to hard drive failure?

 

[sajunky]

You believed Macs were immune to hard drive failure?

Everything on MAC is better - I was told - why not hard drive.

 

[Lord Flacko]

Everything on MAC is better - I was told - why not hard drive.

Standard hard drives were made to fail.

 

[sajunky]

Standard hard drives were made to fail.

Oh, no, standard commercial issue drives cannot be found on MACs.

 

[Lord Flacko]

Oh, no, standard commercial issue drives cannot be found on MACs.

Apple doesn't make hard drives. Most drives you see in macs are Seagate and Hitachi drives.