MacBook Pro early 2011 Which HDD upgrade

[viper1402]

I have an early 2011 macbook pro and i want to upgrade the HDD just wondering is it a SATA I or SATA II HDD i will need. Looked all over the tech specs but nothing really clear.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

It will support S-ATA 1.5 Gbps (S-ATA I), S-ATA 3.0 Gbps (S-ATA II), S-ATA 6.0 Gbps (S-ATA III), but any platter based notebook HDD will not even saturate S-ATA 1.5 Gbps (S-ATA I) anyway.

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD

the guide includes:

• 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
• 1. Getting a new HDD
• 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
• 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD
• 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)

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[viper1402]

Thanks for the speedy reply!
I will get ordering one now