MacBook – remove a second install of Mac OS X

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I had to get the logic board and HDD replaced on my Unibody MBP, before I sent it back to Apple, I took a DMG copy of my hard drive thinking I could just remount it once I got my MBP back.

When I got it back it had a blank Snow Leopard install, when I tried to restore the backup that I took, I had to create a new partition and mount the DMG to that. So now I've got 2 Mac OS X installs on the MBP.

I changed the default boot partition to my old install so I can use the MBP as it was but I want to put it back to its default behaviour.

Can I just use Time Machine to backup my old Mac OS X install and restore that on the blank Mac OS X install I got when Apple sent my MBP back?

What happens to the second partition I created? Can that be removed?

Best Answer

This can be easily done using Carbon Copy Cloner. You can try the following steps.

  1. Format the MB HDD as a single partition. Make sure it is a bootable partition.

  2. Install OS X using the OS X Installation DVD.

  3. Download and install CCC.
  4. Follow these instructions to restore the system partition using CCC.
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