I have a vanilla macbook, and I upgraded the hard drive. Now that school's out (briefly), I want to send it in to get the broken CD drive replaced. I have two questions. One, will Apple refuse to repair the CD drive if they notice I have the new hard drive in there? Second, will they format my hard drive? I haven't had to send a mac in for service before, but I figure if they are gonna format my drive, I can swap hard drives faster than I can restore from Time Machine when it gets back.
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Do I need to put my old hdd in before getting repairs
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TuffLuffJimmy
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spinnerlys
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I recommend putting your old drive back in.
I have read stories, where the repaired Mac came home with another drive (the one that was supposed to be in there) when the users exchanged it themselves or having the original amount of RAM, when the users upgraded it themselves.
Also, you don't want anyone have access to your data, do you?
I have read stories, where the repaired Mac came home with another drive (the one that was supposed to be in there) when the users exchanged it themselves or having the original amount of RAM, when the users upgraded it themselves.
Also, you don't want anyone have access to your data, do you?
dubhe
macrumors 65816
an old one! (but still covered by applecare)
I was just making the point for any future thread trawlers
ddeadserious
macrumors 6502a
The pre-unibody Macbook Pro's did not have user replaceable hard drives. In fact, they're a major PIA to replace the hard drive on.
pellets007
macrumors 6502a
No, you don't have to. Not doing so would be extremely unwise, however. Should Apple figure that the HDD is the issue, they swap it out with their standard HDD that came with the unit. I am unaware if they do indeed send the "defective" item back with the computer.
brop52
macrumors 68000
Putting the original HDD back in there removes all doubt that you caused the hardware problem by putting in a new HDD. Not to mention the fact that when they wipe the drive you don't have to make sure your backup works when you get it back. You pop the drive back in and you are good to go rather than going through time machine.