Macbook Pro HDD Replacement

[Outline]

Hi there, this is somewhat of a strange enquiry and I'm aware it may make me look like a fool.


Once upon a time I purchased a Maxtor external HDD (as so: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/87055...-Hard-Drive/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0)

Long story short, it broke and is now in a shoddy external casing.

I'm interested in using it as my MBP's main HDD, and have read up/ensured I have the correct tools... But before I go tearing my laptop apart, will the HDD even fit/be compatible?

I know very little about HDD's, and only wonder if I've gone completely off-track with this idea.


Really appreciate any help with this.

 

[Ride9650]

A 3.5(desktop) drive won't fit.
Its just too big.

If you decide to pursue upgrading your hard drive, you'll need to find a 2.5(notebook) drive, and depending on which model MPB you have, it can't have a height of more than 9.5mm high. If you have a newer Unibody MBPs, then any 2.5 drive should fit.

 

[iLog.Genius]

A 3.5 drive won't fit.
Its just too big.

If you decide to pursue upgrading your hard drive, you'll need to find a 2.5 drive, and depending on which model MPB you have, it can't have a height of more than 9.5mm high. If you have a newer Unibody MBPs, then any 2.5 drive should fit.

False. All unibody MacBook Pro's will allow any HDD with a height up to 12mm.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/871145/

 

[Ride9650]

False. All unibody MacBook Pro's will allow any HDD with a height up to 12mm.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/871145/

true, but the OP referenced a desktop size hard drive, not a notebook one.

Also he/she didn't mention what kind of MBP he/she had, and i did say that as long as their computer was a unibody one that any size notebook drive should fit.

read first please.