Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:36:14 -0500 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Any catches on restoring from an old Mac OS X v10.8.5 Time Machine HDD backup to new SSD on a 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A)? Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems,comp.sys.mac.portables References: <0Zednby4RbovlpfLnZ2dnUU7-cmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/4.1.3-200.fc22.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:36:14 -0500 Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-MzfwRvTV4aFGG9l4FBRoVnLJVVyi8EyXr/zGDGZSTOELowLaUBGq+vSOkprrO2GjlXS8CMmDGNcTDOA!xrjry9q5/n9yNwNeN60O/jE1nATehT4+nB/PUNQUP87iIpCUga7A9g1qkvqmmnSIPIjMSrZgCJrJ!9VGs19dddfdUGWihtI4nwBTU5TP5BRo= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3581 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32213 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:919 comp.sys.mac.system:81083 comp.sys.mac.portables:863 > >> It looks like I'll be helping my client get a SSD to replace his dying, > >> dropped HDD, in his 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A) soon. Since he > >> still has his Mac OS X v10.8.5's Time Machine's HDD backup, I assume it > >> is straight easy to restore like I did yesterday (took about three hours > >> to finish) from a bigger HDD to a smaller SSD? Or will I run into issues > >> that I don't know about? > > > > Given that the computer was not being used when it was dropped, it is > > highly unlikely that a drop would damage the HD surface. In all > > likelihood, the drop caused some internal damage to the computer which > > replacing the HD will not fix. > > > > In short, buying an SSD at this point without a clean bill of health > > on the computer would be foolish. > Yes. You shouldn't assume you know what's wrong. The best course of action > is to bring the machine to an Apple retail store to let them do an > exhaustive diagnostic to see exactly which hardware is malfunctioning. > Again, the longer you wait, the less of a chance they will do any repairs > for free since the warranty just expired. They can be very lenient - it's > up to their discretion. Considering how costly these repairs might be, I > don't understand your apparent reluctance to do it. What are you waiting > for?? It's not me. It's him. He just doesn't want to hand his HDD to the store even though I told I could DBAN it. -- Quote of the Week: Allah's Apostle said, "Once while a prophet amongst the prophets was taking a rest underneath a tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered that his luggage be taken away from underneath that tree and then ordered that the dwelling place of the ants should be set on fire. Allah sent him a revelation: 'Wouldn't it have been sufficient to burn a single ant (that bit you)?'" --Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 54, Number 536 Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.