Possible to transfer OSX installation to another drive?

[JonnyBlaze]

My girl has an old imac g3 someone gave us. Is there any way I can transfer the complete install to a new bigger drive? I don't have ant re-install disks for OSX so this is my only hope. I was hoping maybe I could use Norton Ghost or something similar and do the transfer in my pc. Anything like that possible?

 

[JonnyBlaze]

bump. anyone?

 

[Shawn]

It's easier just to reinstall. The OS X cds don't need a cd key to install. You can use any OS X disk.

 

[timswim78]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
My girl has an old imac g3 someone gave us. Is there any way I can transfer the complete install to a new bigger drive? I don't have ant re-install disks for OSX so this is my only hope. I was hoping maybe I could use Norton Ghost or something similar and do the transfer in my pc. Anything like that possible?

Yes, Carbon Copy Cloner. It's free.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Shawn
It's easier just to reinstall. The OS X cds don't need a cd key to install. You can use any OS X disk.

so its legal to download it and install it? i should get the same version i have now right?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze

Originally posted by: Shawn
It's easier just to reinstall. The OS X cds don't need a cd key to install. You can use any OS X disk.

so its legal to download it and install it? i should get the same version i have now right?

Maybe, it's kind of a gray area. But yeah you'd have to get the same version.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

as long as i get the same version it should be ok. i mean macs aint sold without a license right?

i wouldnt even know where to look for mac stuff tho. maybe ill ask the guy if he still has any disks.

 

[Shawn]

You can find it the same places you can find Windows. But yeah those G3s didn't come with OS X, so no it didn't come with an OS X license. He would have to have bought it separately and should have the discs (assuming he actually bought it). Still, assuming he did and just lost the discs, you need to get the CDs instead of the DVD unless your G3 happened to come with a DVD drive. There are 4 cds for Tiger.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

thanks for the info.

 

[Dahak]

There is a free utility like norton ghost, called Carbon Copy Cloner from Here which will do want you want to as well