Disassembling and swapping drives in the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt

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  1. Doward, Mar 9, 2013
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    Pretty self explanatory!

    I popped the stock 750GB 7200rpm drive from my MBP and installed it in place of the 500GB 5400rpm that comes with the MiniStation stock.

     
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  2. jmdMac, Mar 9, 2013

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    Good post. Curious to see your benchmark for it, and how much improvement it would be over the 5400rpm. Even more curious what a SSD in there would be.
     
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  3. boto, Mar 9, 2013

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    Thanks for the video walkthrough! I have been wondering if I could replace the HD, as many reviewers stated it broke down on them in a few months.
     
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  4. Doward, Mar 9, 2013

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    I do have an older Kingston 96GB SSD I could benchmark in there. I'm working on the benchmark data now for the 7200 rpm drive.
     
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  5. Doward, Mar 10, 2013

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