This is now the 2nd time the hard drive has failed. The first time I had Apple repair, they replaced the HD with new/same model. So It seems better to just replace with an SSD then have Apple repair with slow crappy HD? I would like to do this upgrade myself. My hard drive was not backed up and I want to salvage anything I can. I’m not close to anything and stuck with slow Satalite internet. I made the attempt to boot in various modes with no luck. My problem is if I am able to install new drive how will I be able to boot without installing the OS since the HD may be damaged, and my other laptops are running 10.5.8 , fire wire, and usb2 only. I still would need to clone the drive for the new drive, is this correct. At the moment I only can access the internet with my IPhone. Any advice appreciated.
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This is now the 2nd time the hard drive has failed. The first time I had Apple repair it, they replaced the HD with new/same model.
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So It seems better to just replace with an SSD then have Apple repair with slow crappy HD?
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I would like to do this upgrade myself. My hard drive was not backed up and I want to salvage anything I can. I’m not close to anything and stuck with slow Satalite internet. I made the attempt to boot in various modes with no luck. My problem is if I’m able to install new drive how will I be able to boot without installing the OS since the HD may be damaged, and my other laptops are running 10.5.8, FireWire, and USB2 only.
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I still would need to clone the drive for the new drive, is this correct?
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At the moment I only can access the internet with my iPhone.
My last current Mac won’t boot-flashing ?.
This is now the 2nd time the hard drive has failed. The first time I had Apple repair, they replaced the HD with new/same model. So It seems better to just replace with an SSD then have Apple repair with slow crappy HD? I would like to do this upgrade myself. My hard drive was not backed up and I want to salvage anything I can. I’m not close to anything and stuck with slow Satalite internet. I made the attempt to boot in various modes with no luck. My problem is if I am able to install new drive how will I be able to boot without installing the OS since the HD may be damaged, and my other laptops are running 10.5.8 , fire wire, and usb2 only. I still would need to clone the drive for the new drive, is this correct. At the moment I only can access the internet with my IPhone. Any advice appreciated.
thank you