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Install Will Mountain Lion install and run on a second drive (SSD) inside a MacBook Pro?

I currently have a standard macbook proMacBook Pro from 2010. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I and I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary boot option.

Can I have some questionsjust put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.)

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from an USB thumb? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.

The laptop is this one:a Apple MacBook Pro13" model "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13"

Thanks

Install Mountain Lion on second drive (SSD)

I currently have a standard macbook pro. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary.

I have some questions

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from an USB thumb? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.

The laptop is this one: Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13"

Thanks

Will Mountain Lion install and run on a second drive (SSD) inside a MacBook Pro?

I currently have a standard MacBook Pro from 2010. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy and I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary boot option.

Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.)

The laptop is a 13" model "Core 2 Duo" 2.4

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I currently have a standard macbook pro. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary.

I have some questions

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from an USB thumb? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.

The laptop is this one: Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13"

Thanks

I currently have a standard macbook pro. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary.

I have some questions

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from USB? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD

Thanks

I currently have a standard macbook pro. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary.

I have some questions

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from an USB thumb? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.

The laptop is this one: Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13"

Thanks

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Miguel Ping
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Install Mountain Lion on second drive (SSD)

I currently have a standard macbook pro. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy. I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary.

I have some questions

  • Can I install Mountain Lion from USB? How?
  • Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD

Thanks