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mfaye21

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Hi,
I am about to buy a refurb macbook pro 2gb ram and 160gb hard drive. I think I might need a bigger hard drive but i dont want to spend the money at this time. If I find (once I get to know my first mac) that I need a bigger hard drive I dont have a problem buying one and installing it. My question is once I install the new hard drive will my mac remember anything or is it all stored on the hard drive?
Thanks for the help!
 
It's all stored on the hard drive. If you replace it, the new drive has nothing on it until you put something on it. You'll need to copy the data from your existing drive to the new one.
 
Since there isn't a academic special with the free ipod touch, just get it. Then buy like a 1tb external HD for notebooks such as in western digital my book or seagate freeagent HD. They're small but can pack a lot. I would get one of those and maybe another one thats at least 500gb just for like another backup. If you have mobileme, upload your office for mac or iwork docs there in idisk or the external HD.

This is if you're willing to carry around a peripheral with you which i wouldn't see as a hassle as these external notebook HD's are small as it is.
 
katyoshi said:
Since there isn't a academic special with the free ipod touch, just get it. ...
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Did you even take the time to read the OP's question? What does an academic special or an iPod touch have to do with the OP's question? Your response is completely irrelevant.
 
mfaye21 said:
Hi,
I am about to buy a refurb macbook pro 2gb ram and 160gb hard drive. I think I might need a bigger hard drive but i dont want to spend the money at this time. If I find (once I get to know my first mac) that I need a bigger hard drive I dont have a problem buying one and installing it. My question is once I install the new hard drive will my mac remember anything or is it all stored on the hard drive?
Thanks for the help!
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What is your real need? If you need to be carrying a lot of data or programs around with you all of the time, then you may need a bigger internal HD. If all you need is just more storage, then just get an external HD and plug it into your USB port. You can find a new external HD that is both good and reasonably priced.
 
mfaye21 said:
... My question is once I install the new hard drive will my mac remember anything or is it all stored on the hard drive?
Thanks for the help!
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Some people in this thread need to learn to read the question before trying to answer
 
GGJstudios said:
Did you even take the time to read the OP's question? What does an academic special or an iPod touch have to do with the OP's question? Your response is completely irrelevant.
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I'm sure this is just an automated response as 95% of the threads on here can be answered with that very statement. ;)
 
katyoshi said:
Since there isn't a academic special with the free ipod touch, just get it. Then buy like a 1tb external HD for notebooks such as in western digital my book or seagate freeagent HD. They're small but can pack a lot. I would get one of those and maybe another one thats at least 500gb just for like another backup. If you have mobileme, upload your office for mac or iwork docs there in idisk or the external HD.

This is if you're willing to carry around a peripheral with you which i wouldn't see as a hassle as these external notebook HD's are small as it is.
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They also aren't doing the free printer with a Mac deal yet:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Also, MAYBE the OP doesn't want to add an external HD to the list of peripherals that he already carries, i.e.; mouse, powercord, etc..
The question was about swapping the INTERNAL drive, not buying an external.

OP, check out ifixit.com before buying anything to get an idea of how hard /easy installation will be. As far as transferring the info over, I am unsure, as you would have to have BOTH drives hooked up, i suppose. You could throw the drive in an enclosure, and that way you could put to use the drive, as well as get the info off of it..
 
mfaye21 said:
Hi,
I am about to buy a refurb macbook pro 2gb ram and 160gb hard drive. I think I might need a bigger hard drive but i dont want to spend the money at this time. If I find (once I get to know my first mac) that I need a bigger hard drive I dont have a problem buying one and installing it. My question is once I install the new hard drive will my mac remember anything or is it all stored on the hard drive?
Thanks for the help!
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It wont "remember" anything you stored on the old HD.
Your best bet would to have an external to transfer all your files to it then transfer them to your new HD.
 
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