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wademcgillis · **Upgrading SSD on Mac OS X -** 11-03-2009, 02:41 PM

A month and a half ago, I bought a dell mini 9 with Mac OS X installed on it. After installing XCode, I no longer have enough space to dual boot into windows. I'd like to purchase a 32 GB runcore ssd, but I'm not sure if Mac OS X would still work.

Is it possible to clone the 16 GB to the 32 GB and have it work without re-installing OS X?

underwhelmed · 11-03-2009, 09:54 PM

Yes, the RunCore has a usb connection. You would clone it over as you would to any external usb drive.

wademcgillis · 11-04-2009, 12:45 AM

I know, but does cloning keep all of the boot information and everything?

Has anyone ever done it this way?

underwhelmed · 11-04-2009, 01:08 AM

Yeah, it should. Did you install using NetBookInstaller?

There are numerous posts on doing this (I have a SuperTalent, so I haven't done it myself).

Seems pretty straightforward.

Worst case scenario, you might need to rerun NBI to install the bootloader, but I don't think that is necessary with NBI anymore.

If you used DellEFi, it might be a little trickier, but still doable without a reinstall of the OS.

wademcgillis · 11-04-2009, 01:28 AM

Thanks. Now I'll be able to dual boot MacOSX and WindowsXP or triple boot Karmic Koala, WindowsXP and MacOSX

underwhelmed · 11-04-2009, 01:31 AM

Sounds good, enjoy.

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wademcgillis Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Nov 2009	Upgrading SSD on Mac OS X - 11-03-2009, 02:41 PM A month and a half ago, I bought a dell mini 9 with Mac OS X installed on it. After installing XCode, I no longer have enough space to dual boot into windows. I'd like to purchase a 32 GB runcore ssd, but I'm not sure if Mac OS X would still work. Is it possible to clone the 16 GB to the 32 GB and have it work without re-installing OS X?

wademcgillis Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Nov 2009	11-04-2009, 12:45 AM I know, but does cloning keep all of the boot information and everything? Has anyone ever done it this way?

wademcgillis Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Nov 2009	11-04-2009, 01:28 AM Thanks. Now I'll be able to dual boot MacOSX and WindowsXP or triple boot Karmic Koala, WindowsXP and MacOSX

underwhelmed Guru Posts: 1,375 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas	11-04-2009, 01:31 AM Sounds good, enjoy. Mini 9 \| OS X 10.6.7 \| NBI 20100616212351\| BIOS 05 \| 32 GB Runcore \| 2 GIGS RAM 10V \| OS X 10.6.7 \| NBI 20100616212351 \|BIOS 06\|160 GB\|1 GIG RAM\| 6 Cell Dell Battery Functioning Hibernation Back up Mini 9\| OS X 10.6.7\| NBI 20100616212351\| BIOS 05 \| 32 GB SuperTalent \| 2 GIGS RAM

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