Yes use a USB drive and either clone it or time machine, the migration assistant will be able to import from either.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] On 29 Jul 2012, at 21:31, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > My time machine is not working well and is terribly slow in backing up a > whole machine, even a small one. I could much faster and more easily do an > updated clone backup to a usb disc and the re-install from there. Would that > be sensible? > > I'm trying to keep this a bit of a secret: it'll be a nice surprise for her > to wake up one morning and find that her machine has morphed a little! > > I'm not quite sure how to find the recovery partition. > > Thanks, > > Ranulph > > > > On 29 Jul 2012, at 19:05, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > >> Hi Ranulph >> >> The easiest way is to do a full time machine backup of your current MB and >> then wipe the MBA using the recovery partition. Hold CMD + R when booting, >> then use Disk Utility to erase the drive, then reinstall OS X. It's easiest >> to import from a time machine backup as the MBA doesn't have an ethernet >> socket or firewire for target disk mode. >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> MacAmbulance >> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >> >> Sam Mullen >> 07747 778022 >> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >> [email protected] >> >> >> On 29 Jul 2012, at 19:00, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a MBA running Lion. I'd like to erase it, and convert it to be my >>> wife's machine, importing everything from her old MB. >>> >>> I know there's (often) a recovery partition. If I can find it, can I >>> re-initialise the machine from that, importing the date from the old MB? I >>> guess that has to be done by usb, so it'll be a little protracted! >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions and/or pointers! >>> >>> Ranulph >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 26 Jul 2012, at 17:03, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Stephen >>>> >>>> The USB flash drives are nowhere near SSD drives in terms of performance. >>>> Also the USB2 bus is 480mbps, your internal SATA connection is anything up >>>> to 3gb/sec. >>>> >>>> You'll find the machine much slower than normal booting off a USB stick >>>> and should only be done if you need to repair your internal hard drive (or >>>> use the Lion recovery partition). >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> MacAmbulance >>>> Providing affordable Apple & PC services >>>> >>>> Sam Mullen >>>> 07747 778022 >>>> http://www.macambulance.co.uk >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
