Install Lion on second iMac drive

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flwolf

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I just ordered a new iMac with a 1tb drive. I will be installing an SSD in it for a total of two drives. I want to make the SSD the OS drive. How do I install Lion on the SSD? Would I just need to clone it to the SSD? Or because of the different drive types, does it need to be a fresh install?

Thanks.
 
Fresh install is always the best way to do it. Or do a full system backup with Time Machine, then use your dvd installation media and perform a restore from a back-up.
 
flip504 said:
Fresh install is always the best way to do it. Or do a full system backup with Time Machine, then use your dvd installation media and perform a restore from a back-up.
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I don't think install DVDs are included anymore. That's one reason why I was asking how to get it installed on the second drive.
 
There should be a recovery partition on your drive in lieu of install DVD's. You can boot to that and restore from your Time Machine backup.
 
flwolf said:
I don't think install DVDs are included anymore. That's one reason why I was asking how to get it installed on the second drive.
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Wow!! I did not know that. My bad. I didn't know Apple went that route too. When I bought my MBP few years back, it came with the DVD installation media.
 
It must be a somewhat recent thing if true. My 2011 MBP came with a full set of DVD's.
 
Just to confirm, after installing my SSD as a second drive in my iMac, I used CMD-R to go into recovery mode. I then chose to reinstall Lion and selected my SSD instead of the original drive.
 
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