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JoEw

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I ordered a Crucial m4 256GB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT256M4SSD2 for a bargain of just 140 dollars. I plan to replace my optical superdrive with this SSD for my main boot drive. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has conducted something like this before, I would prefer not to do it myself simply because I don't trust myself. Even though the instructions seem relatively straight forward I can't find any mac shops in Portland, Oregon who offers this kind of service so i am left doing it myself. Just wanted some tips/advice from people who have done this before and perhaps links of what else I will need besides the SSD to do this? Thanks.

My imac is the late 2009 first 27" model. Specs in signature.
 
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