installing new harddrive - late 08 macbook

[PedroMendes]

hello from scotland !,

New to the forums and am getting my new macbook 2Ghz tomorrow :) and am wondering how easy it is to change the harddrive - is there a guide I am follow ?

Any advice appreciated.

Fraser

[milan03]

open the battery lid, pop the drive out, pop in the new drive. Install osx.

[fuzzielitlpanda]

open the battery lid, pop the drive out, pop in the new drive. Install osx.

not quite that easy. op, take a look at this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1752296&tstart=90

First thing you need to do is make sure you have the proper tools.

[PedroMendes]

not quite that easy. op, take a look at this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1752296&tstart=90

First thing you need to do is make sure you have the proper tools.

Thanks for the pointer - I'll give it a go :)

[StingerT125]

Download the manual, it explains how to do the hard drive and the memory.

http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macbook