MacBook HDD Upgrade Advice

[olly666]

I upgraded the RAM on my 2.0 Alum a while back and am now looking to upgrade the hard-drive (probably to 500GB).

The product specs for my machine list the HDD type as 5400-rpm Serial ATA - so will any drive that matches those specs work? Any advice on drives to avoid?

Also - what is the easiest way to accomplish installing the new drive while keeping my OS and files in tact?

Thanks.

 

[Hellhammer]

Any 2.5" SATA drive will work, it can be 5400rpm or 7200rpm

Make a backup with Time Machine to external HD and then use Migration Assistant to transfer your files back to the new HD

 

[olly666]

Thanks!

 

[noah82]

I have had good luck with the Western Digital Green drives for what its worth.

 

[olly666]

I'm thinking the HITACHI Travelstar 7K500 from NewEgg ($80).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145275&Tpk=N82E16822145275

 

[MrBrekke]

read this: http://guides.macrumors.com/Hard_Drive

and a quick search on the forums will give you tons of treads that have answered this already.



in general do a hdd clone. but it is always best to start from scratch with a new drive.

* 9.5mm
* speed of your choice but have a look at this one: http://www.google.com/products/cata...result&resnum=3&ved=0CA8Q8wIwAg&os=tech-specs