'''You can clone (restore) a valid OS from one mac to your new drive.''' ''Connect the two machines via firewire. Target boot the good one, then boot the one with the new drive.'' It will find a valid boot drive, but if it doesn't reboot with the option key down and choose the drive with the OS on it.
From Applications/Utilties launch DiskUtility:DFA-chose restore tab... drop the icons in the appropriate place and restore.
This will copy the user account - you'll have to disconnect the machines reboot the one with the new drive, log in and create a new master user account... then you can delete the cloned one.
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