Well, after running short on diskspace (mostly because 1/2 is partitioned for Windows) and wanting a faster drive, I bought a Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB drive for my MacBook Pro. Rather than trying to image each partition and migrate to the new drive, I am just going to reinstall both OS's. Hopefully I'll get a chance to work on it tomorrow. Today I am just backing up files etc that I will restore on the new drive once things are all set. If I have the time, I'll try to take some pics etc in the process. I also plan on re-applying the thermal paste on my cpu fans because I am hearing Apple slopped it on most of them and my machine could stand to run a little cooler.
...to be continued
MacBook Pro HDD replacement
Re: MacBook Pro HDD replacement
You are a braver man than I am. I actually would not mind taking my MBP apart, but it voids the warranty for the notebook.
Re: MacBook Pro HDD replacement
I think my year warranty is up anyway. Screw 'em hehe.
Additionally, I don't really need to put up pics etc because I found them all right here! --> http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook ... re-Duo/85/
Additionally, I don't really need to put up pics etc because I found them all right here! --> http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook ... re-Duo/85/
Joe
Re: MacBook Pro HDD replacement
OMG, done! Took like 15 mins (I took my time and was careful too). Very easy. If you want to upgrade your HDD I'd say go for it. Another good guide here:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 581,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 581,00.asp
Joe